---
title: 'The Raven (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James McTeigue'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-raven-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486192/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Raven (2012)

2012 · 111 min · Horror, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Raven is a 2012 American crime thriller film directed by James McTeigue, produced by Marc D. Evans, Trevor Macy and Aaron Ryder and written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. Set in 1849, it is a fictionalized account detailing the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet and author helps the police pursue a serial killer, whose murders mirror those in his stories. While the plot of the film is fictional, the writers based it on some accounts of real situations surrounding Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death. Poe is said to have repeatedly called out the name "Reynolds" on the night before his death, though it is unclear to whom he was referring. The film stars John Cusack, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson and Luke Evans. Its title derives from Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven", in a similar manner to the earlier unrelated 1935 and 1963 films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James McTeigue](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mcteigue)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lucas Vidal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-vidal)
- **Editor:** [Niven Howie](https://cinepixo.com/people/niven-howie)

## Cast

- [Oliver Jackson-Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-jackson-cohen)
- [Sam Hazeldine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-hazeldine)
- [Dave Legeno](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-legeno)
- [Charity Wakefield](https://cinepixo.com/people/charity-wakefield)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack) as Edgar Allan Poe
- [Alice Eve](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-eve)
- [Ian Virgo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-virgo)
- [Sergej Trifunović](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergej-trifunovic)
- [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh)
- [Brendan Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-gleeson)
- [Kevin McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mcnally)
- [Pam Ferris](https://cinepixo.com/people/pam-ferris)
- [Adrian Rawlins](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-rawlins)
- [Luke Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-evans)
- [Brendan Coyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-coyle)

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