October marks the 162nd anniversary of macabre-master Edgar Allan Poe’s untimely and mysterious death. His writings continue to be enjoyed and dissected, studied and rehearsed, performed and adapted. The latest adaptation of Poe and his body of work will be a feature film: "The Raven."
The movie will not hit theaters until March 9, 2012, but the trailer and the concept of the movie are already generating loads of buzz. For poets out there, this is a must-see.
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster). When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper--part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer's next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it's too late.
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From TheRavenMovie.com
Additional Edgar Allan Poe resources:
- The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia
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