This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

This is one of the scariest movies ever. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is a very good horror movie. It is better then A Nightmare on elm street. It is better then Friday the 13th part V a new beginning . It also a lot better then Halloween resurrection. It is a very scary movie.

This quasi-historical thriller is inspired by life (or more precisely - death) and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious on the Baltimore streets on October the 3rd 1849. Few days later he passed away and to this day we know nothing about his last days or cause of death. In interesting way this movie uses fiction to fill this hole in Po's biography, making it more convincing by using some authentic details. Plot is based on several Po's poems and stories and having them read before watching is recommendable for better understanding, but it is not necessary. Although this is American movie with plot taking place in Baltimore, in leading roles are mostly English actors, except for John Cusack. It was filmed in Budapest, Novi Sad and Belgrade, so there's quite a lot Serbs and Hungarians, both as actors, stunts and technical support. Story is good, as well as acting, directing, camera, sound. But, in my opinion, film has serious lack of tension and suspense, which is pretty big flaw for a thriller. It is far from boring, but I wasn't at the edge of my seat at any point. Because of that I can not rate it higher than7,5/10

A girl is buried alive and a man's body is cut into halves. These are just some things that happen in the crime drama The Raven, based on Edgar Allan Poe's poems.Last week we got to watch The Raven during class on a big screen which was very intriguing. The plot was about Edgar Allan Poe, who was portrayed by John Cusack. He got stuck in a crime drama where someone had become so inspired by his works that he murdered people the same way as in Poe's poems. Telltale Heart, Cask of Amontillado and Annabel Lee are just some of the Poems that appear in the movie.The director had adapted the movie in a way that catches the audience's interest. It was easy to follow the plot, though his poems can be hard to understand sometimes. The movie was flawed sometimes, I would have liked to see more details from the poems that the director had left out. Because of that, I will rate this movie a 6 out of 10.

I have to admit I enjoy a good thriller like the next person. This I knew who the murderer was after five minutes but I kept watching till the end. It was that good, no great even. Creepy atmosphere, with fog laden forest and streets. Awesome casting by far for a great film. The special effects team definitely went to work on the prostetics makeup. Amazing devices that make the books in true life. It was a thrilling movie and I was thoroughly entertained for over an hour. John cussack was a wonderful Edgar Allan Poe, he played what Poe was probably like in person. Luke Evan's was a wonderful inspector too. He helped to make the film better even though it was great already. Keep an eye out for that man as he's really a hot ticket in movies. Overall brilliant film, brilliant cast.