Skip to content
The Raven

Poster from TMDB

EntityQ235742· pop 23· linked from 175 articles

Also known as Raven

2012 film directed by James McTeigue

OverviewAI-generated

The Raven is a 2012 thriller, horror, and crime film directed by James McTeigue. Based on a work by Edgar Allan Poe, the movie stars John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, and Brendan Gleeson. Filming took place in Budapest, and the narrative is set in Baltimore. The production involved companies including Relativity Media, Intrepid Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Galavis Film, and Pioneer Pictures.

The film has a runtime of 110 to 111 minutes and was released in various formats, including video on demand. It was distributed by Relativity Media and Netflix. The budget was 26,000,000, with box office revenues reported between 29,657,751 and 29,699,345. Review scores include 22%, 4.6/10, and 44/100, while audience ratings are listed as 6.3 on TMDb and 6.4 on IMDb. The original language is English.

Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Film · TMDB

6.3

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

Released: 2012-03-09111 minDir: James McTeigueCrime, Thriller, MysteryBudget: $26.0MBox office: $29.7M

Cast

  • John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe
  • Luke Evans as Detective Fields
  • Alice Eve as Emily Hamilton
  • Brendan Gleeson as Colonel Hamilton
  • Kevin McNally as Maddux
  • Oliver Jackson-Cohen as John Cantrell

Themes

  • poison
  • blackmail
  • masked ball
  • baltimore, usa
  • buried alive
  • historical figure
  • serial killer
  • deadline
  • newspaper review
  • newspaper office

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

90,391 votes

Year
2012
Runtime
110 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery

via IMDb

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Composer
Lucas Vidal
Production company
Relativity Media
Narrative location
Baltimore
Filming location
Budapest
Duration
111
FilmAffinity ID
668648
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
The raven.svg
Show 7 more facts
publication date
2012-01-01
title
The Raven
after a work by
Edgar Allan Poe
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
44/100
capital cost
26000000
box office
29699345
Sources (15)

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (5)