The Raven (1963 film)

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film horror-comedy film

The Raven (1963 film) is a 1963 horror-comedy film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as rival sorcerers.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → horror-comedy film →
basedOn	"The Raven" →
basedOnAuthor	Edgar Allan Poe →
character	Dr. Adolphus Bedlo → Dr. Erasmus Craven → Dr. Scarabus → Estelle Craven → Lenore → Rexford Bedlo →
cinematographyBy	Floyd Crosby →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Roger Corman →
distributor	American International Pictures →
editedBy	Anthony Carras →
filmingStyle	color →
genre	comedy → fantasy → horror →
hasTheme	parody of Gothic horror → revenge → sorcery →
inspiredBy	Gothic horror tradition →
leadActor	Vincent Price →
leadCharacter	Dr. Erasmus Craven →
medium	theatrical film →
musicBy	Les Baxter →
notableElement	features a magical duel between sorcerers → loosely adapts themes from Poe’s poem rather than its plot →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	Roger Corman Poe cycle →
portrayedBy	Boris Karloff → Hazel Court → Jack Nicholson → Peter Lorre → Vincent Price →
producer	Roger Corman →
productionCompany	American International Pictures →
releaseDecade	1960s →
releaseYear	1963 →
runningTime	approximately 86 minutes →
screenwriter	Richard Matheson →
setting	16th-century Europe →
starred	Boris Karloff → Hazel Court → Jack Nicholson → Peter Lorre → Vincent Price →
title	The Raven →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peter Lorre →	notableWork