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The Raven (1935)

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Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff team up in this excellent 1935 chiller. Lugosi is crazed brain-surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin who is infatuated with the characters and devices found in the Edgar Allan Poe stories. When a local judge brings his beautiful daughter for brain surgery, the doctor falls in love with her and is spurned by the judge when he asks for her hand in marriage. To extract revenge, Vollin invites the judge, his daughter, and her new fiance over for dinner. He intends to try out some

Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.

Classics, Horror

Sep 10, 1992

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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (0) | DVD (3)

Vintage 'delicious torture'

March 21, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

It is no masterpiece..., but it is an enduring entertainment, especially for Lugosi fans.

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

Creepy, atmospheric doings headlined by Karloff and Lugosi.

January 1, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Lugosi is resplendent in his crisp formal attire as he spouts melodramatic dialogue, while Karloff skulks around trying to terrify with his crumpled countenance.

September 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Horror.com | Comment

3.5

July 18, 2003 Comment
Movie City News

Love that "elevator bedroom" and the Poe-inspired basement!

June 26, 2003 Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

Silly over the top horror, lamely directed, but with Lugosi at his most outrageous

August 22, 2002 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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A brilliant old horror movie with the great old horror actors! A must see.

September 3, 2010
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

Lugosi is a mad surgeon who saves a beautiful dancer's life and falls in love with her; Karloff is an escaped criminal who comes to the doctor begging for plastic surgery to change his appearance. Lugosi's campy villainy is in top form ("I like to torture!"), and there's more than a bit of Frankenstein's monster in

August 12, 2010
366weirdmovies
Greg S

Super Reviewer

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