Edgar Allan Poe Comes To Life In This Dark Thriller
Became Available on Blu-ray and DVD October 9th.
The scenes that stick with The Raven audiences the most are those of Emily trapped in the coffin underground. For this feature, we’ll look at other parts of films that take a claustrophobic approach for scares including in Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Game, The Vanishing, and of course, Buried.
Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer's methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe's shocking stories to chilling life...and death.
Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer's methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe's shocking stories to chilling life...and death.
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Quentin Tarantino has quite the reputation for making films
that are action-packed, violent, and arguably disturbing. In his film Kill Bill Vol. 2, the main character,
played by Uma Thurman, continues her mission of revenge on the Deadly Viper
Assassinations Squad. During a failed attempt to ambush her enemy, she is shot,
sedated and buried alive in a coffin. Luckily she applies her past martial arts
training to punch through the planks of the wood to escape.
The Game
David Fincher’s 1997 film The Game is a psychological thriller that uses mind-twisting events
to break down the main character Nicholas, played by Michael Douglas. After a
series of tricks, Nicholas is suspicious of the company facilitating the game
and confides in a new friend he believes can help him. Unfortunately this new
“friend” ends up drugging him and turns him into the company’s authorities.
Nicholas ends up buried in a cemetery in Mexico and is forced to sell his
valuables to return home.
The Vanishing
In the 1993 thriller The
Vanishing, Jeff Harriman played by Kiefer Sutherland, is determined to
solve the mystery behind his girlfriend’s disappearance. Barney Cousins, played
by Jeff Bridges, is the man responsible for the crime. He confesses to Jeff and
offers to give him a first-hand account of what happened to his girlfriend.
Jeff obliges and drinks a cup of coffee that has been drugged. When he awakens,
he realizes that he has been buried alive in the same cemetery as his previous
lover.
Buried
One of the most traumatic claustrophobic moments in film history
is from the 2010 movie Buried. Ryan Reynolds stars as a truck driver
based in Iraq who has been captured and buried underground in a coffin. His
kidnappers leave him with the following items as a challenge for his escape: a
lighter, flask, flashlight, glow sticks, pencil, and a BlackBerry. Using
the cell phone, Reynolds’s character has access to the outside world however
his phone calls raise more issues for his life rather than a hopeful plan for
escape.
The Raven
One scene that is especially thrilling in The Raven is when Poe finally comes face
to face with the killer. He not only learns who the murderer is, but also
discovers that his lover Emily has been buried beneath the floorboards. His
short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” is the inspiration for her burial since the
murderer Poe writes of hides a dismembered body under the floorboards. Once he
makes the connection, Poe immediately breaks through the floor in an attempt to
save Emily before it is too late.
Where to purchase: You are able to purchase Raven [Blu-ray]
from Amazon and local retailers for $27.86.
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