The Raven (1/10) Movie CLIP - The Raven Speaks (1963) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Dr, Craven (Vincent Price) finds a raven outside his window, and after he lets the bird in, he's surprised when it starts talking back.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Although Roger Corman narrowly managed to avoid self-mockery in his pulpy, flamboyant adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe tales, it appears that the director chose this opportunity to let loose with outright parody; the result is a wonderfully entertaining romp with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The first screen teaming of legendary horror stars Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Peter Lorre -- later billed as "The Triumvirate of Terror" -- this so-called "adaptation" uses Poe's most famous poem as a springboard for Grand Guignol comedy from scriptwriter Richard Matheson. Melancholy magician Erasmus Craven (Price), having recently relinquished his membership in the Brotherhood of Sorcerers after the apparent death of his wife Lenore (Hazel Court), is paid a visit by a foul-mouthed talking raven, claiming to be small-time wizard Adolphus Bedlo (Lorre). After some persuasion, Craven returns Bedlo to human form, reversing a spell placed by the evil Dr. Scarabus (Karloff), Craven's chief rival. After learning that a woman bearing a strong likeness to Lenore was seen in the Doctor's company, Craven accompanies Bedlo to Scarabus' castle, where the resulting battle of wills escalates into all-out magical warfare between the two embittered sorcerers. Corman and company relished the opportunity to poke fun at the staid Poe series, and the distinguished leads contribute to the spirit of fun by lampooning their own cinematic reputations. Fans of Jack Nicholson (who cut his acting teeth on this and other AIP productions) should enjoy his melodramatic performance here as Bedlo's straight-arrow son; Nicholson would later co-star with Karloff in Corman's The Terror, which was shot in two days using the same sets!

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1963)
Cast: Peter Lorre, Vincent Price
Director: Roger Corman
Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman, James H. Nicholson
Screenwriters: Richard Matheson, Edgar Allan Poe

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[BriGuyIL]

"How the hell should I know?" Love that line.

[pogigwapo]

Quoth the raven,
"How the hell should I know?"

[lemorab]

When I saw this in about 1963, the entire audience burst out laughing. We didn't realize it was a comedy and we weren't expecting this. Vincent Price and Company had made "The Fall Of The House Of Usher, " "Pit And The Pendulum" and others and they weren't funny, to us they were horror movies. We were expecting "The Raven" to be the same. One of these movies in the Price/Lorre/Karloff canon features a very young Jack Nicholson as a creepy servant.

[plasticbudgie]

I used to watch this movie everyday as a child at my grandads, he used to have it set up on the VHS for me for when i finished school :)

[BananaPhoPhilly]

Every time I hear Peter Lorre's voice I think of Ren

[erniemiller]

This was my friend and my favorite movie for Friday night Scary Movie night.

[linkfan]

What the hell I HAVE to see this!!! That was NOT what I was expecting at all!

[lemorab]

I can see this as a Marx Brothers movie in about with Groucho as The Raven.

[MuppetHell]

Let's see, we have Vincent Price as some scientist or something, and Peter Lorre as a not the only one that sees the weirdness in this right?

[harpalkaur]

What a cute little rascal. The film was good with a great cast line up.

[joelmoses]

Stan Lee based Doctor Strange on Vincent Price and I would bet it is on this movie.

[hrvojekosi]

Bill Hader substracted omnious features...