The Raven - Bela Lugosi & Boris Karloff


(2.8 stars; 6 reviews)


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

This is audio clips from the movie


(2 stars)

As my title states, this is not a radio adaptation, nor an audiobook. This is a few clips from the actual Hollywood movie starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, _*THE RAVEN*_. And since it comes in in the middle. And does not have the ending or a resolution, it’s pretty unsatisfying. Not to mention, we just have some music playing, with no voice-over, no acting, and not much sound effects. So, we don’t even know what we’re listening to for much of these few minutes. There’s a lot of good content here in this app, including things that are rare, and that you wouldn’t expect to find in a free audiobook app. I guess this is one of them, but it’s both strange and incomplete. Worth two stars to hear the two stars speaking for a few minutes in these audio clips from the movie.

Sorry, not old time radio.


(2 stars)

These clips have been edited from the film. I compared it to my DVD. The lack of description of physical action should have been a givaway. For example; in the first clip, Lugosi says to Karloff "You don't need that." In radio they would have said "You don't need that GUN." or there would have been the sound of a gun cocking and possibly a short, dramatic music cue. Even if you could figure out what they are talking about, shows were always written so that EVERYBODY knew what they were talking about. I love the old Universal horror films, so it was fun hearing these clips. Karloff did a lot of radio. Horror, mysteries, and guest appearences on comedy programs. Lugosi did very few, and they are hard to find.

interesting but not complete


(1 star)

If this is otr(I am thinking it is not) the programmes would be longer and not leave the listener hanging at the end with Bateman (Boris Karloff) horribly disfigured by a sadistic doctor (Bela Lugosi) who makes him pull another job of murder.

re: interesting but not complete


I've yet to listen to this (but will review when I have), however this was first broadcast in 1935 and is most defintely OTR.