The Raven
1935 · Movie · 1h 1m
HorrorCrime
"The uncanny master of make-up in a new amazing shocker!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
44/100
Key crew
- David BoehmScreenplay
- Clifford VaughanOriginal Music Composer
- Lew LandersDirector
Cast
- Boris KarloffEdmond Bateman
- Bela LugosiDr. Richard Vollin
- Lester MatthewsDr. Jerry Holden
- Irene WareJean Thatcher
- Samuel S. HindsJudge Thatcher
- Spencer ChartersCol. Bertram Grant
- Inez CourtneyMary Burns
- Ian WolfeGeoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
- Maidel TurnerMrs. Grant
- Raine BennettPoe (uncredited)
- Al FergusonThe Crook (uncredited)
- Nina GoldenDancer (uncredited)
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Themes
plastic surgeryrevengeserial killermad doctortorture chambercar accidentgothic romancepoe fanaticmad surgeonpsychotic obsessionsobsessed with a woman