It is official. The trailer for the film the Raven has hit the Internet. In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allen Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who is using Poe’s own work as the basis in a string of brutal murders.
This is a film that will be released on March 9th, 2012. It is being released by Relativity Media. When a mother and daughter are found murdered in the 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields make a startling discovery. The crime resembles that of a fictional murder described in detail in the newspaper. Part of a collection of stories written by the struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allen Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another murder happens. Also inspired by one of his stories. This thriller will have you in suspense and wondering who is doing all the killing and if they will catch him. Starring John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendon Gleeson, and Oliver Cohen.
Realizing the serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as a guide for his rampage, Fields asks for assistance from the author himself. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes get even higher and the story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it is too late.
