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Bookmark this pageThe Raven (1935)
Director: Louis Friedlander Lew Landers
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A second teaming for Karloff and Lugosi after the success of The Black Cat. This time round Bela has the upper hand as a surgeon obsessed by Poe, frustrated in his passion for a beautiful dancer (Ware) after repairing the damage when her face is scarred in a car crash, and mutilating Karloff's ugly criminal even further when he arrives for a face job, in order to force his cooperation in pursuing his ugly designs on the girl. An absurd script, without a hint of self-parody, and a nicely equipped set (moving walls, a razor-sharp pendulum that slowly lowers itself on to victims) make for entertaining if undemanding viewing.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Louis Friedlander Lew Landers
Producer: David Diamant
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Samuel S Hinds full cast
Duration: 62 mins
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