The Raven is a 1963 horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. It was written by Richard Matheson very loosely based on the poem, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. It stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. A young Jack Nicholson plays a small role. The movie was part of series of Poe adaptions produced by Corman through American International Pictures. Nominally in the horror genre, it is more appropriately classified as a B movie horror-comedy. The movie is frequently confused with the 1935 film The Raven, which also featured Karloff.

The Raven (1935) is a horror film revolving around Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, featuring Bela Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Boris Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police. The film disturbed many viewers of the time, and many critics currently agree that it displays Lugosi's finest non-Dracula performance. Lugosi had the larger role, but Boris Karloff received top billing in huge letters as "KARLOFF," with his last name displayed in the fashion that Universal Pictures adopted while Karloff's career was at its height. Too strong for 1935 tastes, with its themes of torture, disfigurement and grisly revenge, the film did not do particularly well at the box office during its initial release (much like another 1935 horror movie, MGM's Mad Love, starring Peter Lorre), and indirectly led to a temporary ban on horror films in England. With the genre no longer economically viable, horror went out of vogue. This proved a devastating development at the time for Lugosi, who found himself losing work and struggling to support his family. Universal Pictures changed hands in 1936, and the new management was less interested in the box office novelty of the macabre.

Almost three decades later, Karloff also appeared in another film with the same title, Roger Corman's 1963 comedy The Raven with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre. Aside from the title, the two films bear no resemblance to one another.

The Raven is a stylized silent 1915 movie biography of Edgar Allan Poe starring Henry B. Walthall as Poe. The movie was written and directed by Charles Brabin from a novel and play by George Cochran Hazelton.

A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance' and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal (Karloff), and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience. Written by Kevin Rayburn

Roderick throws a masquerade ball inside a creepy mansion with a dark past. An infamous mass-murder happened there fifty years ago to the night, but that's part of the fun for the posh hotties who show up for some boozy partying. The reverie is cut short when a Raven-masked killer crashes the party, intent on repeating the bloody history of the "Ravenwood Massacre" that happened decades ago. As the unknown killer picks the guests off one by one, old grudges resurface among friends, and new suspicions emerge. Written by Here!

e Raven: Well I say good morning ladies, and I'm not one bit afraidy, when I come a rapping and a tapping at your door. And I know you've never seen a better vacuum cleaner cuz there never was a cleaner one that swept up floors.

e Raven: I'm straight and on the level, as I said before, my stealing days are over, quote the Raven, never more! lf: Huh, selling wackuum cleaners at 3 o' clock in the morning? Come clean, what's the racket now? e Raven: Well you see I've one left over to complete my daily quota, so I came a rapping and a tapping at your door. But if you don't believe it, then I'll take my hat and beat it, and I'll never knock again upon your door. Quote the Raven, never more!

lf: Wait pal, what's your hurry? I've got a job at the McCaddy's Castle tomorrow, we can really clean up. e Raven: Clean up? Maybe he needs a vacuum cleaner. lf: Yeah, sure, that's just what I was thinking. Why that joint ain't been cleaned out in years.

Writer/director Peter Bradley brings Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror poem,THE RAVEN, to chilling life in a faithful, word-for-word adaption. Based not completely in reality, but not completely in fantasy, one man's self-induced torture over the loss of his lover manifests itself and pushes him over the edge of sanity. This stylized piece captures the twisted, tortured world of Poe in a simple, yet highly detailed way that has to be seen and heard to be believed. Written by Anonymous

In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help- the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven's long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus. Written by Ken Yousten

Martin Grant (Matt Battaglia) has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could escape... But no one escapes from the Raven Teams ruthless leader Raven (Burt Reynolds). At least not alive. Raven is back with a new team to hunt down and eliminate Grant... Written by Ricki

THE RAVEN is a contemporary interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem. It evocatively explores the pain and longing of a scorned lover and the inherent madness of a broken heart. Shot in a lush neo-noir style, THE RAVEN is a powerful story of rage, regret and insanity. Written by Anonymous

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