Biography edgar allan poe movie 2012

The Raven is a American psychological crime thriller film directed by James McTeigue. It stars John Cusack, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson and Luke Evans.

The film is a fictionalized account of the last days of life of writer Edgar Allan Poe in , in which Poe (Cusack) pursues a serial killer whose murders mirror those in Poe's stories with the help of Inspector Fields (Evans).

While the plot of the film is fictional, some accounts of real situations surrounding Poe's mysterious death also appear in the story.

This film features examples of:

• Adaptation Expansion: The film features an adaptation of The Pit and the Pendulum and adds a plot with a killer inspired by the works of Poe, one of his murders being, of course, a recreation of "The Pit and the Pendulum".
• Alternate History: The film features a rival of Poe, Ludwig Griswold, as one of the serial killer's victims (in a recreation of The Pit and the Pendulum).

  The character is clearly meant to be Rufus Wilmot Griswold, a The Raven (2012) (Film) - TV Tropes KOV