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* PatheticDroopingWeapon: Bedlo attempts to attack Scarabus, using a wand along with his incantations. Scarabus smugly blows on the wand, which goes completely limp.
-->'''Dr. Bedlo:''' ''(reproachfully)'' Oh, you ''dirty'' old man!
-->'''Dr. Bedlo:''' ''(reproachfully)'' Oh, you ''dirty'' old man!
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* BadassBookworm: ''Dr.'' Craven seems like the quiet and studious type, and has of course been studying "volumes of forgotten lore". [[spoiler:He's also the most powerful sorcerer around, as he shows in the final duel.]]
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* AdaptationDistillation: The movie accurate adapts the first verses of the poem, but resolutely goes in a completely different way as soon as the Raven is introduced, which puts the amount of screentime based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem a whooping seven minutes — opening credits included. The rest of the film is not only unrelated to the novel, but generally doesn't have much in common with Poe's work in general.
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* AdaptationDistillation: AdaptationExpansion: The movie accurate accurately adapts the first verses of the poem, but resolutely goes in a completely different way as soon as the Raven is introduced, which puts the amount of screentime based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem a whooping seven minutes — opening credits included. The rest of the film is not only unrelated to the novel, but generally doesn't have much in common with Poe's work in general.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Dr. Scarabus is always polite and genial to the heroes, even as he threatens to torture Estelle in front of her father or sends Bedlo to [[spoiler: what he thinks is]] his death.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Dr. Scarabus is always polite and genial to the heroes, even as he threatens to torture Estelle in front of her father or when he sends Bedlo to [[spoiler: what he thinks is]] his death.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Dr. Bedlo is visibly horrified when Dr. Scarabus implies that he will torture Estelle to get Dr. Craven to talk, [[DirtyCoward: although he is too cowardly to say so]]]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Dr. Bedlo is visibly horrified when Dr. Scarabus implies that he will torture Estelle to get Dr. Craven to talk, [[DirtyCoward: although he is too cowardly to say so]]]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler: The reason Dr. Bedlo worked for Dr. Scarabus was because Scarabus promised to teach him rare forms of magic, which would give Bedlo higher standing with the rest of the sorcerers.]]
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* WickedStepmother: [[spoiler: Downplayed. It's established early on that Lenore was Estelle's stepmother (Estelle's actual mother is never named), so when Lenore is ultimately revealed to be evil, she becomes this to Estelle. However, the relationship between the two is not explored in much detail, and isn't the focus of the film.)
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* DeathByAdaptation: Implied. In the {{Novelization}}, [[spoiler:Lenore and Scarabus]] seemingly die when the castle collapses rather than emerging from the wreckage.
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* FamilialFoe: Dr. Scarabus was a bitter rival of the late Roderick Craven for decades and drove him to an early grave. During the film, he manipulates, kidnaps and threatens Roderick's son and granddaughter.
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* MinimalistCast: Only ten characters appear in the entire movie: Craven, his daughter, his briefly reanimated father, Lenore, the Bedlos, Scarabus, and three servants (one who works for Craven and two who work for Scarabus), with only six of those characters having notable amounts of screen-time.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gBhMdJ23Q Watch it here]].
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* BalefulPolymorph: Dr. Bedlo has been turned into a raven by Dr. Scarabus, and asks for Dr. Craven's help in returning him to human form.
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The fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] Cycle", it tells the story of 16th-century sorcerer Dr. Erasmus Craven (Price), who - still heavily depressed over the death of [[TheLostLenore his late wife, Lenore]] (Creator/HazelCourt) - one day gets visited by the eponymous bird... who actually turns out to be another sorcerer, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (Lorre), who was transformed into said bird by still ''another'' sorcerer, the wicked Dr. Scarabus (Karloff). After Craven restores Bedlo to himself, they -- along with Craven's wife Lenore (Creator/HazelCourt), his daughter Estelle (Olive Sturgess), Sturgess) and Bedlo's son Rexford (Creator/JackNicholson) -- go after Scarabus for revenge.
* BalefulPolymorph: Dr. Bedlo has been turned into a raven by Dr. Scarabus, and asks for Dr. Craven's help in returning him to human form.
* BackFromTheDead: Dr. Craven's father briefly returns from the grave to warn his son to "Beware". The younger Craven laments that his advice couldn't be more specific.
* BackFromTheDead: Dr. Craven's father briefly returns from the grave to warn his son to "Beware". The younger Craven laments that his advice couldn't be more specific.
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* BigFancyCastle: Dr. Scarabus has one, which collapses at the end as a result of Craven deflecting fireballs at the walls.
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* BigFancyCastle: Dr. Scarabus has one, which collapses at the end as a result of Craven deflecting fireballs at the walls. Dr. Craven's castle is a bit more modest, but still fairly fancy.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The CrustyCaretaker of Craven's estate - and later, Rexford - are both briefly possessed by sinister magic.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The CrustyCaretaker of Craven's estate - and later, Rexford - are both briefly possessed by sinister magic.
* CrowsAndRavens: One of the few elements things linking the film to the poem it's named for. Dr. Bedlo is magically transformed into a raven.
* EyeOfNewt: The potion to restore Dr. Bedlo to human form requires this sort of weird ingredient. A call for "dead man's hair" requires him and Dr. Craven to engage in a bit of light GraveRobbing.
* GentlemanWizard: Craven and Scarabus are both well-dressed medieval gentlemen with big castles. We don't see Dr. Bedlo's house, but he is implied to be not quite as wealthy as the other two.
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* GratuitousLatin: While casting his spells, Bedlo says ''"[[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Veni vidi vici]]"'', ''"[[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead De mortuis nil nisi bonum]]"'', ''"Cave canem"'' (beware of the dog), ''"Si vis pacem parabellum"'' ("If you want peace, prepare for war") and ''"Ceterum censio Carthaginem esse delendam"'' ("Furthermore, I believe Carthage should be destroyed.")
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* GratuitousLatin: While casting his spells, Bedlo says ''"[[Theatre/JuliusCaesar ''"[[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Veni vidi vici]]"'', ''"[[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead De mortuis nil nisi bonum]]"'', ''"Cave canem"'' (beware of the dog), ''"Si vis pacem parabellum"'' ("If you want peace, prepare for war") and ''"Ceterum censio Carthaginem esse delendam"'' ("Furthermore, I believe Carthage should be destroyed.") ")
* GraveRobbing: Heavily downplayed. When the potion to return Dr. Bedlo to human form calls for "dead man's hair", he and Dr. Craven visit the latter's family crypt to borrow a few strands from Erasmus' late father. Erasmus is uncomfortable with this, but assures himself that "Pops" would understand.
* IAmNotWeasel: In his raven form, Dr. Bedlo gets indignant when mistakenly referred to as a "blackbird".
* GraveRobbing: Heavily downplayed. When the potion to return Dr. Bedlo to human form calls for "dead man's hair", he and Dr. Craven visit the latter's family crypt to borrow a few strands from Erasmus' late father. Erasmus is uncomfortable with this, but assures himself that "Pops" would understand.
* IAmNotWeasel: In his raven form, Dr. Bedlo gets indignant when mistakenly referred to as a "blackbird".
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* InTheBlood: A great deal is made about Craven's late father being a great sorcerer in his own right, and rivaling Dr. Scarabus, suggesting that magical aptitude runs within the family.
* TheLostLenore: One of the few elements of the poem to make it into the film! Dr. Craven is introduced as still mourning his late wife, Lenore, who has been gone for two years. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, however, when it turns out she was only FakingTheDead and willingly left him for Dr. Scarabus.]]
* MagicalSociety: The Brotherhood of Sorcerers thatDr Dr. Scarabus is head of.of. Dr. Craven's father had previously been the Grandmaster, although Erasmus himself has had no interest in getting involved in wizarding politics. See MeaningfulName, below.
* TheLostLenore: One of the few elements of the poem to make it into the film! Dr. Craven is introduced as still mourning his late wife, Lenore, who has been gone for two years. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted, however, when it turns out she was only FakingTheDead and willingly left him for Dr. Scarabus.]]
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* InformedAbility: The whole reason why Dr. Scarabus engineered everything was so that Craven would divulge in the secrets of his family's gestural magic. Thing is though, Scarabus is already fluent in gestural magic of his own, and Craven only wins their WizardDuel by being the craftier sorcerer. What exactly was he hoping to discover?
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The fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] Cycle", it tells the story of 16th-century sorcerer Dr. Erasmus Craven (Price), who gets visited by the eponymous bird... who actually turns out to be another sorcerer, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (Lorre), who was transformed into said bird by still ''another'' sorcerer, Dr. Scarabus (Karloff). After Craven restores Bedlo to himself, they -- along with Craven's wife Lenore (Hazel Court), (Creator/HazelCourt), his daughter Estelle (Olive Sturgess), and Bedlo's son Rexford (Creator/JackNicholson) -- go after Scarabus for revenge.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_(1963_film) The Other Wiki]] and at [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057449/combined IMDB]].
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The fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] Cycle", it tells the story of 16th-century sorcerer Dr. Erasmus Craven (Price), who gets visited by the title eponymous bird... who actually turns out to be another sorcerer, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (Lorre), who was transformed into said bird by still ''another'' sorcerer, Dr. Scarabus (Karloff). After Craven restores Bedlo to himself, he they -- along with his Craven's wife Lenore, Lenore (Hazel Court), his daughter Estelle, Bedlo, Estelle (Olive Sturgess), and Bedlo's son Rexford (Creator/JackNicholson) -- go after Scarabus for revenge.
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''The Raven'' is a 1963 HorrorComedy film directed by Creator/RogerCorman and starring Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/PeterLorre and Creator/BorisKarloff, loosely based on the [[Literature/TheRaven poem of the same name]]. It is the fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] Cycle." It tells the story of 16th Century sorcerer Dr. Erasmus Craven (Price) who gets visited by the title bird, who is actually another sorcerer, Dr. Bedlo (Lorre), due to Dr. Scarabus (Karloff) transforming him. After Craven restores Bedlo to himself, he, his daughter Estelle, Bedlo and Bedlo's son Rexford (Creator/JackNicholson) go after Scarabus for revenge.
''The Raven'' is a 1963 HorrorComedy film directed by Creator/RogerCorman and starring Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/PeterLorre and Creator/BorisKarloff, loosely based on the [[Literature/TheRaven poem of the same name]]. It is the fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]] Cycle." It tells the story of 16th Century sorcerer Dr. Erasmus Craven (Price) who gets visited by the title bird, who is actually another sorcerer, Dr. Bedlo (Lorre), due to Dr. Scarabus (Karloff) transforming him. After Craven restores Bedlo to himself, he, his daughter Estelle, Bedlo and Bedlo's son Rexford (Creator/JackNicholson) go after Scarabus for revenge.
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''The Raven'' is a 1963 HorrorComedy film
The fifth film in Corman's "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Poe]]
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gBhMdJ23Q Watch it here]].
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* GoldDigger: Lenore admits to Scarabus' face that she has no actual feelings for him and that she left Craven for him for his wealth and power. Scarabus knows this and [[TrophyWife doesn't seem to mind]].
* MeaningfulName: While Craven is a family name, Dr. Craven himself admits to being a coward for not taking his birthright as Grandmaster of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, citing his apathy as the reason why an EvilSorcerer like Scarabus was able to rise to power.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: After Craven, his daughter and Rexford are imprisoned by Scarabus and Lenorre, Scarabus then has Bedlo wrapped up, ready to be tortured like the rest of them in-spite of having helped Scarabus by leading them there in the first place. When he begs for his life at the expense of the others, Scarabus grants his wish and turns him into a raven again. After they escape, Craven "takes it under advisement" when Bedlo asks to be turned back, citing that even though Bedlo helped them by untying his hands, he was still the one that led them into danger in the first place.
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