Any self respecting horror fan knows that Roger Corman adapted several Edgar Allen Poe tales to the big screen in the 1960', my own favourite being Masque of the Red Death. The Raven is the exception in that it is a horror comedy with the emphasis on the latter.
A dream cast - Karloff, Price, Lorre and Hazel Court, plus a young Jack Nicholson - is good enough reason alone to watch this. There are lashings of Gothic horror and the film is very well made. On the downside I am not a huge fan of horror comedies and it does get a little silly at times, but it's a very entertaining movie, so long as the viewer is up for a laugh. Personally I prefer the 1935 version.
Review of The Raven
