Trailer: The Raven

13:37 01 March 2012

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In cinemas: 9 March 2012

Starring: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Brendan Coyle, Pam Ferris

Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) to hunt down a mad serial killer whoÂ’s using PoeÂ’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. 

When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack).

But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.

Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using PoeÂ’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the authorÂ’s help in stopping the attacks.

But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murdererÂ’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before itÂ’s too late.