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Summary
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You scare easily
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+23)
Critics 88Audiences 65GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer88%
IMDb6.5
Letterboxd · 20 K ratings3.3/5
Audience score64%
Box office
4.3×its budget
- Budget
- $350 K
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it earned $1 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most comedies, −14 min on the typical 100
typical 10086Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 70 more
Released
1963
January 25, 1963
63 years ago
Genres
ComedyHorrorFantasyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 7 more12 people
- Vincent PriceDr. Erasmus Craven
- Peter LorreDr. Adolphus Bedlo
- Boris KarloffDr. Scarabus
- Hazel CourtLenore Craven
- Olive SturgessEstelle Craven
- Jack NicholsonRexford Bedlo
- John DierkesRoderick Craven
- Connie WallaceMaid
- WBWilliam BaskinGrimes
- ASAaron SaxonGort
Leo GordonGrimes (voice) (uncredited)
Dick JohnstoneRoderick Craven (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Roger Corman Director, Producer
- Jack Bohrer Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Richard Matheson Screenplay
- Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
Production · 4
- James H. Nicholson Executive Producer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff Executive Producer
- Bartlett A. Carré Production Supervisor
- Robert Agnew Unit Manager
Camera · 2
- Floyd Crosby Director of Photography
- Harry L. Underwood Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Ronald Sinclair Editor
Sound · 5
- Les Baxter Original Music Composer
- Eve Newman Music Editor
- Gene Corso Sound Editor
- Al Simms Music Coordinator
- John Bury Jr. Sound
Art · 3
- Daniel Haller Production Design, Art Direction
- Harry Reif Set Decoration
- Ross Hahn Construction Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Marjorie Corso Costume Supervisor
- Betty Pedretti Hairstylist
- Ted Coodley Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Pat Dinga Special Effects
- Karl Brainard Property Master
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