The Raven

"The uncanny master of make-up in a new amazing shocker"

Jul 8 1935 Approved 1h 1m
Crime, Horror

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.

Plot

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

Edgar Allan Poe, David Boehm, Guy Endore

Directed by

Lew Landers

Cast

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Featurettes
THREE EDGAR ALLAN POE ADAPTATIONS STARRING BELA LUGOSI (Masters of Cinema) Clips Trailer
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