The Raven 1935 DivX-NvadR torrent

The.Raven.1935.DivX-NvadR
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026912/

The Raven was Universal Film’s third and final excursion of the 1930s
into the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Like The Black Cat (1934), the link
between Poe’s work and the end film is minimal – indeed as is a common
device in most Poe films, the works of the writer are slotted in by
making the main character a Poe fan.

As well as being thematically similar to the earlier Black Cat, The
Raven shares most of its plot flaws. Lugosi and Karloff share top billing,
and together account for most of the screen time and characterisation; but
the Thatcher family, who are the ‘good-guys’, get almost no character at
all, especially Jean’s fiancée who should be the hero of the piece; by the
end we are rooting for Voller not Thatcher. The sudden arrival of a random
mix of characters at the party Voller organises, come out of nowhere, with
no mention of them previously, or of who invited them - they also add a little
needed comic relief that damages the horrific atmosphere. The film’s pacing is
slow, and although the climax is strong and tense the ending is far too sudden
and very poor. On a positive note, the film does have a few good sequences
hearing Lugosi recite part of the original Poe poem is a treat; while Bateman\'s
awakening after the surgery, as he sees himself in the mirrors, looks straight
out of a Frankenstein film and is acted well.
(Film Trailer)

The film\'s direction is mediocre, Lew Landers is little more than a studio hack,
and with the exception of one nice tracking shot along a corridor, does nothing
to bring out the dramatic gothic sets and torture chamber. The set design is
decent although does not compare to the magnificence of the early Universal
horrors, or the hellish art-deco designs of The Black Cat. Karloff\'s hideous
make-up, from the expert Jack Pierce, looks okay in long shot, but suffers under
the frequent close-ups. The music is a standard Universal affair, with the usual
hints of Bach\'s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

Bela Lugosi is on usual form as the creepy doctor, his line readings are as good
as ever and he even pulls off a manic laugh without looking clich\'; despite the
film, he is on good form here. Karloff gets a lesser role, and spends much of the
film with half his face plastered over, but unlike his famous Frankenstein (1931)
portrayal he gets little chance to display any range, only the sequence when he
awakens after surgery allow him any chance to act. Samuel Hinds as Judge Thatcher
is pretty unimpressive, and it is a pity that Edward Van Sloan was not used in a
part that would have suited him. The remainder of the cast fade into the background,
none given a big enough part.

Ultimately, The Raven suffers from the same fate as The Black Cat (1934) with
Lugosi and Karloff given most of the storytime, and no build up of the supposed
good-guys. While the earlier film at least looked pretty good, Lander\'s direction
here does nothing to bring out the gothic potential in the house or settings, or
build up much tension. Bela Lugosi’s performance is the only thing that saves the
film from being completely forgettable, even Karloff suffers in an underwritten role.
Recommended only to Lugosi fans or Universal completists.

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General

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 700 MiB
Duration : 1h 1mn
Overall bit rate : 1 600 Kbps
Writing library : VirtualDub-MPEG2 build 24586/release

Video

Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : DX50
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration : 1h 1mn
Bit rate : 1 511 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.205
Stream size : 661 MiB (94%)
Writing library : DivX 6.8.4

Audio

Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 1mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 80.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 35.0 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 512 ms

Source

Region One DVD (NTSC) 720 x 480 29.970 fps 1.33:1 (4:3)
Color AC3 Mono 2CH CBR 192 Kb/s 48.0 KHz


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