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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The Raven (1963 film) canonical 10
The Raven (1963 film universe) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
horror-comedy film ⓘ
basedOn The Raven ⓘ
surface form: "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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Peter Lorre → notableWork → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Roger Corman → directed → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo → appearsIn → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo → fictionalUniverse → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Raven (1963 film universe)
Dr. Erasmus Craven → appearsIn → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Dr. Erasmus Craven → createdFor → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Dr. Scarabus → appearsInFilm → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Dr. Scarabus → createdFor → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Rexford Bedlo → appearsIn → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Rexford Bedlo → fictionalUniverse → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Raven (1963 film universe)
Roger Corman Poe cycle → includesFilm → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ
Estelle Craven → appearsIn → The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ