Ah, dear viewer. Welcome into The ghostly Grotto for our first spine-tingling installment of a new feature in here which is called Film Study Friday. In the shipwreck which just crashed upon the beach a few miles away last week, I found these two old 8mm and 16mm film projectors, and every so often I run out to the site and scurry back into our lovely little hideaway to collect more of these old, faded, warped films. Sit down, won't you? You seem nervous. This week, our short film we will be discussing is a 1976 adaptation of The Raven, produced by Texture Films and directed by Lewis Jacobs. I can sadly find almost no information regarding this widely-forgotten version of the Edgar Allan Poe story, but I do know that it's one of the better and more atmospheric versions of the tale I've seen. Short, sweet and sinister, it doesn't need to add a load of new material to make it interesting. And the weird, warped out audio strip makes it even scarier, as do the washed-out purple and green colors of the strip. There's a link below to go watch it on Archive.org, and I strongly suggest you do. It's very short, and narrated by Gregg Morton, whom I have never heard of before but does a very good reading of the macabre text. It also has one of the coolest end title cards I've ever seen in my life. Well, sorry for the short post, but at least there's a fun little film you can watch with it. Here's the link: archive.org/details/theraven_20170314
That's all for now. Until we meet again... Good night. And, do watch your step as you climb back into your boat... The blood makes the rocks a bit slippery when the wind is blowing and the tide is rising... Hee hee hee... Pleasant dreams? Hmm hmm hmm...
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AuthorA Halloween fanatic, scary story vinyl collector, and ghost story teller extraordinaire. All self-proclaimed titles, however. Archives
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