This quasi-historical thriller is inspired by life (or more precisely - death) and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious on the Baltimore streets on October the 3rd 1849. Few days later he passed away and to this day we know nothing about his last days or cause of death. In interesting way this movie uses fiction to fill this hole in Po's biography, making it more convincing by using some authentic details. Plot is based on several Po's poems and stories and having them read before watching is recommendable for better understanding, but it is not necessary. Although this is American movie with plot taking place in Baltimore, in leading roles are mostly English actors, except for John Cusack. It was filmed in Budapest, Novi Sad and Belgrade, so there's quite a lot Serbs and Hungarians, both as actors, stunts and technical support. Story is good, as well as acting, directing, camera, sound. But, in my opinion, film has serious lack of tension and suspense, which is pretty big flaw for a thriller. It is far from boring, but I wasn't at the edge of my seat at any point. Because of that I can not rate it higher than7,5/10

This movie was enjoyable for me. If you're a fan of Edgar Allen Poe's work. I'm sure you'll love this movie. In this movie, you can find his works "Tell-tale Heart", "the Cask of Amontillado", "the Pit and the Pendulum" and others. The scene that left the strongest impression is of a man who was killed by pendulum with a giant sword. His body was literally cut in two pieces. This was far-fetched, though. The most intriguing part is that the real criminals was not Edgar Allen Poe, yet a killer who always committed murders based on Poe's works. Therefore Poe was a always suspect. In the last scene, you will be surprised when you figure out who the criminal is. I rated it an 8 because I liked it very much but It is a little bit grotesque. I don't like these types of scenes so much. If you're a lover of grotesque, scary, or mystery movies, I bet you'll like it. I recommend you read some of his works before watching this movie because you will enjoy it more. The portrayal of Poe suits people's expectation, in my opinion.

The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1845 and adapted as a movie in 2012: it is a mystery, thriller film dealing with many murders committed by a mad man inspired by the author's stories.The atmosphere of the movie I dark, Gothic and scary and the main characters are John Cusack, poet's representation, Luke Evans, detective Fields, Alice Eve, Emily Hamilton and Sam Hazeldine, Ivan. Both the poem an the movie are intriguing because they perfectly reflect Po's mind according to his problems and his dark side. This is the reason why the film is not flawed. It structure is circular and furthermore there are other Edgar Allan Po poems mentioned in the movie like: The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart and finally Annabelle Lee. His unconditional passionate love for Emily is the same that the poet shows in the poem Annabelle Lee. I really liked this movie and I highly recommend it. It would definitely appeal to those who enjoy dark, horror and mysterious stories.

FROM PENCIL TO THE BIG SCREEN "The Raven" is a film adapted from many short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and the title was taken from one of his most famous poems. It premiered on the big screen in 2012 and starred John Cusack who portrays the renowned American writer of the XIX century. It is an intriguing story characterized by suspense, in which the director (James McTeigue) and the screenwriters (Hanna Shakespeare - Ben Levingston) developed the film based on a series of murders caused by the same person, who followed in the footsteps of the Poe's tales.From there, Inspector Fields, played by Luke Evans, begins to investigate the crimes with the help of the writer.Clues from the different murders come from stories such as: The cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale heart or the poem titled Annabel Lee.In my opinion, it is difficult to find any flawed point in the film as it frames very well the visual effects, sound and the different dialogues that represent the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. It is entertaining and well elaborated. I give it a score of nine out of ten.