A mystery featuring writer Edgar Allan Poe as its lead, “The Raven” charts a flight path somewhere between a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore and a 19th-century Ye Olde Grabbe Bagge version of every modern-day serial-killer thriller. Gratuitously violent? Yes. Too samey-samey in foot chases through Baltimore’s catwalks and catacombs? Indeed. Annoyingly anachronistic butt-rock guitar wailing on the soundtrack? So much for that whole "tapping as if someone gently rapping" thing. And why exactly does Poe have a pet raccoon who likes to gnaw on a human heart?
The Raven
The Raven
The Raven
A mystery featuring writer Edgar Allan Poe as its lead, “The Raven” charts a flight path somewhere between a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore and a 19th-century Ye Olde Grabbe Bagge version of every modern-day serial-killer thriller. Gratuitously violent? Yes. Too samey-samey in foot chases through Baltimore’s catwalks and catacombs? Indeed. Annoyingly anachronistic butt-rock guitar wailing on the soundtrack? So much for that whole "tapping as if someone gently rapping" thing. And why exactly does Poe have a pet raccoon who likes to gnaw on a human heart?