James McTeigue’s The Raven flies to home video this October

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 14 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

I’m not ashamed to admit that I did not catch THE RAVEN upon its initial theatrical release. The things I heard about its quality were as sordid and ghastly as one of Poe’s more disturbing tales. Still, I can’t deny that the prospect of sitting on my couch with a sixer and a remote is a semi-appealing one… especially come Halloween season. As it happens, 20th Century Fox plans on releasing the James McTeigue thriller on OCTOBER 9th, so we’ll all get to behold it with a handful of candy corn.

The details on the DVD disc:
-Commentary by director James McTeigue and producers Marc D. Evans, Trevor Macy, & Aaron Ryder
– Theatrical trailer

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Blu-ray exclusives:
Deleted/extended scenes:
– “Poetry Reading”
– “The Red Mask”
– “Emily’s Recital”
– “Fields Checks on Poe”
– “Poe Brings Carl to Fields’ Home”
– “Doctor Clements and Fields”
Behind-the-scenes featurettes:
– The Raven Guts: Bringing Death to Life
– The Madness, Misery, and Mystery of Edgar Allan Poer>
– Behind the Beauty and Horror
– The Raven Presents John Cusack and James McTeigue
– Music for the Raven: The Team

John Cusack and Luke Evans star in this blood-curdling tale of terror that’s as dark and haunting as the legendary master of the macabre who inspired it – Edgar Allan Poe. Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer’s methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe’s shocking stories to chilling life…and death.

If you’re in a pre-ordering mood, click HERE for the Blu-ray or HEREfor the DVD.

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Source: Blu-ray.com

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Eric Walkuski

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Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

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