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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   2,807 votes
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Director:
Roger Corman
Writers:
Richard Matheson (writer)
Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
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Release Date:
25 January 1963 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror more
Tagline:
The supreme adventure in terror! more
Plot:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
The Terrible Secret Of Space
 (From SoundOnSight. 24 June 2009, 10:28 PM, PDT)

Writer talks Gordon and Combs’ Poe presentation Nevermore, etc.
 (From Fangoria. 11 June 2009, 9:58 PM, PDT)

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A good laugh more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Vincent Price ... Dr. Erasmus Craven

Peter Lorre ... Dr. Adolphus Bedlo

Boris Karloff ... Dr. Scarabus
Hazel Court ... Lenore Craven
Olive Sturgess ... Estelle Craven

Jack Nicholson ... Rexford Bedlo
Connie Wallace ... Maid
William Baskin ... Grimes (Craven's servant)
Aaron Saxon ... Gort
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:12 | UK:PG (video rating) (2003) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:G (1980)

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Trivia:
Jack Nicholson always gave high praise to everyone he worked with on the set, except one --the Raven. He said the Raven pooped on everyone, but especially liked to poop on him; he later said: "I would look down when the Raven flew off my shoulder, and it would be covered in poop....I hated that bird." more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Dr. Scarabus shakes hands with Dr. Craven, Dr. Bedlo stands behind the latter, but seen from behind he appears a little way on the left side of Dr. Craven. more
Quotes:
[Craven and Bedloe enter the family crypt. It is full of dust and spider webs]
Dr. Bedloe: Hard place to keep clean, huh?
Dr. Craven: Yes, I very seldom get down here.
[Craven begins to unseal the coffin of his father as Bedloe brushes dust from the coffin lid]
Dr. Craven: Thank you.
[Craven opens the coffin lid, he loses his grip and it falls, smashing Bedloe's wing]
Dr. Bedloe: Ouuuu!
Dr. Craven: I'm sorry.
[Craven opens the coffin lid and looks at his father's corpse]
Dr. Craven: . Forgive me papa.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Creepy Classics (1987) (V) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A good laugh, 13 August 2004
7/10
Author: dkenn1967 (dkenn1967@sbcglobal.net) from Illinois, USA

When I first saw this movies I was shocked by the humor. I was in the mood for a horror flick, and with actors such as Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, and the incomparable Boris Karlof I was sure that I had hit horror gold. However, after the first minute of the movie I quickly realized that this was not a horror film at all, but a wonderful satire of the horror genre.

What makes this movie work so well is that nobody takes themselves too seriously. In fact, you can tell from the outset that everyone in the cast is in on the joke. I would caution those who are expecting a great performance from Jack Nickleson to be prepared to be disappointed. However, it is plainly evident that he is an excellent actor just waiting to happen.

Is this movie perfect, hardly, but it is definitely worth seeing. If for no other reason than to see the climatic head to head dual of magic between Price and Karlof.

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