Subscribe: bit.ly The Raven TV Spot #1 Starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe Genre: Thriller Release Date: April 27, 2012 Director: James McTeigue Screenwriter: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare Studio: Relativity Media MPAA Rating: R (for bloody violence and grisly images) Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen Synopsis: In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack, "Being John Malkovich") joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, "Immortals") to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue ("V For Vendetta"), the film also stars Alice Eve ("Sex and the City 2"), Brendan Gleeson ("In Bruges") and Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("Faster"). When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described ! in gory detail in the local newspaperâ"part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer's next victim, the stakes become even
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