The Raven

The Raven (2006)

Skinner has returned from the dead... To Kill!

As a child, Lenore was tormented by nightmares and obsessed with the dark poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. As the lead singer in a Los Angeles band, the adult Lenore finds herself, friends and colleagues haunted by a murderer from beyond the grave. Only in her dreams -- in which she's visited by Poe's ghost -- will Lenore find the key to defeat her supernatural stalker and finally escape the spirits battling for her soul.

Date of release
2006-11-01
TMDB
2.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
Ulli Lommel, Jeff Frentzen

Casting

Interesting facts

The Raven is a 2006 American direct-to-video production horror film directed by Ulli Lommel and references the 1845 poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. The DVD case cover art carries the title, Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.

Production

The Raven was filmed in the October 2005 and November 2005, for the most part in Marina Del Rey, California and Venice, California. A sequence was shot during a Halloween festival held along the Venice canals.

The recording studio sequences and the pool-side murder sequence were filmed at the San Fernando Valley home of Robert J. Walsh, who wrote the music for the film, including co-writing (with Lommel) the original song, "Dead of the Night." The house features an unusual guitar-shaped pool.

The various exterior scenes of Skinner in his mountaintop lair were filmed in the hills behind Malibu, California. Some of these scenes were reportedly directed by producer Jeff Frentzen.

The first victims of Skinner include a record executive (portrayed by producer Jeff Frentzen) and his assistant, portrayed by the film's editor, Brian Lawrence. One of the priests in the exorcism scene is portrayed by British film critic Calum Waddell.

The trained raven used in some scenes was named Oscar.

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