The Raven Blu-ray

Arrow filmsonce upon a midnight dreary...Although the raven is one of edgar allan poe's most famous poems, the lack of a narrative hook initially stumped screenwriting legend richard matheson i am legend, the incredible shrinking man, duel until he realised that the idea of adapting the poem was so ridiculous that he might as well make it a comedy.And what a comedy vincent price, peter lorre and boris karloff play rival magicians whose paths cross when dr craven price hears dr bedlo tap-tap-tapping on his windowpane. For bedlo has been turned into a raven by dr scarabus karloff , and when transformed back into his old self he naturally vows revenge. But the scripted rivalry is as nothing compared to three great horror masters relentlessly upstaging each other Even a young jack nicholson, as bedlo's son, barely gets a look-in.If there's not much authentic poe in these sorcery shenanigans, the sets and cinematography more than compensate: director roger corman was by then a master of conjuring gothic atmosphere on a very modest budget.Special featureshigh definition blu-ray 1080p presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements by mgmoriginal uncompressed mono pcm audiooptional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingpeter lorre: the double face, harun farocki's 1984 documentary, subtitled in english for the first timerichard matheson: storyteller, an interview with the legendary novelist and screenwritercorman's comedy of poe, an interview wi...

Arrow filmsonce upon a midnight dreary...Although the raven is one of edgar allan poe's most famous poems, the lack of a narrative hook initially stumped