I stumbled across this film while looking at what was playing yesterday. Movies inspired by Edgar Allan Poe can be unpredictable, but since I appreciate several of his stories, I thought I’d check it out. It turned out to be much better than expected. The Victorian setting combined with the dark storyline and overall mood creates a very entertaining classic thriller. The film draws on Edgar Allan Poe's writings, but …

The premise of The Raven is genuinely clever: exploring a possible explanation for Edgar Allan Poe's final days. Directed by James McTeigue and with a script from Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare, the film features John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, and Brendan Gleeson, accompanied by a score from Lucas Vidal and cinematography by Danny Ruhlmann. As the opening quote states, "On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan …