History Main / CreepyCrows

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' adaptation, the old crows perched on the sign outside the Once-ler's house are harmless, but add to the dark, dreary atmosphere of the place.

* The vampire Alexandre Russeau brings a flock of carrion crows with him when he moves into Salvation in ''Literature/SheepsClothing''. They serve as his eyes and ears--and a handy way to get around people scattering seeds outside their doors and windows to invoke his vampiric SuperOCD.

* ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'': The symbol of Ashwood Abbey is a crow with a twig in its mouth and an "A" on its chest. Said Abbey is also a society of [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Rich Idiots With No Day Jobs]] who rape, kill and torture monsters for sport.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Balthazar's pet is a raven, which can be pretty scary for Smurfs as a bird of prey, aside from the fact that Balthazar is one of the few truly competent and scary Smurfs' villains.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Utsuho Reiuji is a [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Hell Raven]] who wields the power to manipulate [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear fusion and fission]]. Upon gaining this power, her first order of business was to convert an old version of hell into a nuclear reactor with the goal of conquering Gensoukyo.

* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': The main antagonist is a monster raven. And his DarkMagicalGirl 'daughter', Princess Kraehe, whose name is German for "crow". And all their {{Mooks}}. [[spoiler:He also manages [[BalefulPolymorph to turn the entire town into ravens]] toward the end of the series. This was considered a bad thing.]]

%%* ''Film/TheRaven1963'': The eponymous bird is an [[BalefulPolymorph involuntarily shape-shifted]] wizard.%%And is creepy because?

* According to Aisling Bea, Creepy Crows were [[https://youtu.be/YLU6m1D_uWs?t=165 one of the hallmarks]] of growing up in [[CampbellCountry rural Ireland]].

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** Averted completely with the ravens in ''Literature/TheHobbit''who have been long-trusted friends and allies of the Dwarves of Erebor, who used them as messengers. An ancient raven by the name of Roäc greets Thorin as King Under the Mountain. In a moment that leaves no doubt about them caring for the Free People and not about opportunistically filling their stomachs, Roäc counsels Thorin ''against'' going to war with the Elves of Mirkwood and the Men of Esgaroth over Smaug's treasure.

* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' - Charles Deetz is sitting in Adam's den, delightedly playing with his birdwatching stuff. He picks up binoculars and looks out the window, and recoils when he sees a crow with scraggly head feathers pecking at entrails on a fence post.
* In Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TheBirds'', crows in particular feature in a memorable sequence in which they slowly gather at a schoolhouse while the children sing an IronicNurseryTune, the main character not noticing what's going on until there are ''hundreds'' of them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'': In one episode, the Scarecrow, as a member of the LegionOfDoom, uses crows to attack Batman and Robin, and in a later season keeps one as a pet.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Ravens are used as a symbol of (take a wild guess) Raven. Given Raven's demonic nature and all-around creepiness, that definitely results in this trope.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''
** ScaryScarecrow Fiddlesticks's ultimate ability is Crowstorm in which a whirlwind of deadly crows circle around him dealing massive damage.
** Swain's entire visual theme is centered around them. From his outfit, to his ultimate turning him into a demonic man-raven, to the ravens perched around the map only visible to him.

* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''crebain'' are crows allied with the forces of Evil, serving as spies for Sauron and Saruman.
** According to ''Literature/UnfinishedTales'' the ''crebain'' only served Saruman, and not with malicious intentions. The benign wizard, Radagast the Brown had borrowed them to his service, unaware of his treachery.
** By contrast, ravens in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' were trusted friends and allies of the Dwarves of Erebor, who used them as messengers. An ancient raven by the name of Roäc greets Thorin as King Under the Mountain, and Thorin uses him and his folk to send messages to Dáin Ironfoot calling for aid. Curiously enough, Roäc counsels Thorin ''against'' going to war with the Elves of Mirkwood and the Men of Esgaroth over Smaug's treasure.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'': A three-eyed crow demon is one of the first enemies that Inu Yasha and Kagome encounter and it sort of kicks off the series.

** The 1st movie has a memorable scene involving Noah being menaced by a room full of sinister-looking, possibly mind-controlled crows in a ShoutOut to Hitchcock's ''Film/TheBirds''.

* ''Anime/TheRoseFlowerAndJoe'' (''Bara no Hana to Joe'') based on a children's book by Creator/TakashiYanase is focused on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6wvqKpxpXQ a puppy who falls in love with a rose]]. The main antagonist is a large crow who is not only mean spirited, but threatens to destroy the rose and antagonizes the [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]. Later in the short, the black crow is joined by three more crows which the dog managed to defeat. However, the same black crow manages to throw a surprise attack on Joe by attacking his face causing him to become permanently blind.

* Jonathan Crane of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics, better known as the supervillain {{Scar|yScarecrows}}ecrow, is frequently seen and associated with corvids. In various appearances, he has a pet raven named Nightmare or a crow named Craw, and uses a flock of crows to attack Batman in ''Haunted Knight''. On the other hand, in one version of his origin, his FreudianExcuse involved his [[TheFundamentalist fanatically religious]] great-grandmother setting trained crows on him as a punishment.
* Hugin the [[MysticalWhiteHair white raven]] from ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' is by far the most powerful and feared of the Death Knights. It helps that he can shapeshift into a dinosaur in an UrbanFantasy.

* In Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TheBirds'', crows in particular feature in a memorable sequence in which they [[AdultFear slowly gather at a schoolhouse]] while the children sing an IronicNurseryTune, the main character not noticing what's going on until there are ''hundreds'' of them.

* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Ed attempts to pull of a 'scam' inspired by a comic book, which appears to be complete nonsense at first, but in the end of the episode, a huge flock of crows appears and [[NothingIsScarier does something]] to the Eds as the episode ends.

%%* Nogbad the Bad's minions in ''WesternAnimation/TheSagaOfNogginTheNog''.
* In Season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', a murder of crows seems to taunt Jack after he [[spoiler:kills the Daughters of Aku, minus Ashi.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ravens are used as a symbol of (take a wild guess) Raven. Given Raven's demonic nature and all-around creepiness, that definitely results in this trope.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' Balthazar's pet is a raven, which can be pretty scary for Smurfs as a bird of prey, aside from the fact that Balthazar is one of the few truly competent and scary Smurfs' villains.