The Raven

The Raven

The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

Directed by James McTeigue

Produced by Relativity Media, Intrepid Pictures

2012111 min6.3 / 10

A dark, tense thriller that uses Poe's own macabre fiction as a blueprint for real murders, exploring the blurred line between artistic imagination and violent reality.

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

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  • Is The Raven scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Raven sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is The Raven violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is The Raven easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does The Raven end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity69

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Surprise10

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Love35

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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