The Raven

The Raven (1935)

19/06/1936 (GB)
Horror
1h 1m

The uncanny master of make-up in a new amazing shocker

Overview

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.

  • Lew LandersDirector
  • David BoehmScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $115,000

Keywords

  • plastic surgery
  • revenge
  • serial killer
  • mad doctor
  • torture chamber
  • car accident
  • gothic romance
  • poe fanatic
  • mad surgeon
  • psychotic obsessions
  • obsessed with a woman

Top Billed Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Edmond Bateman

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Richard Vollin

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

Dr. Jerry Holden

Irene Ware

Irene Ware

Jean Thatcher

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Judge Thatcher

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

Col. Bertram Grant

Inez Courtney

Inez Courtney

Mary Burns

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns

Maidel Turner

Maidel Turner

Mrs. Grant

Raine Bennett

Poe (uncredited)

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