John Cusack's 'The Raven' Gets A Blood-Splattered Poster

Portraying a literary giant is tough but it's even tougher when that literary giant is also the main character in macabre thriller.

It seems for the Edgar Allen Poe based 'The Raven,' they're up to the challenge. The film fictionalizes Poe's last days which, according to some, he spent following a serial killer inspired by his work. Director James McTeigue has already wet our appetite with stills of John Cusack doing an eerily spot-on Poe.

The newly released film poster is in equal parts awesome and chilling. Poe, doubtlessly, would approve.

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Comments

[GaryNOVA]

03:05 AM on 07/23/2011

how can a person do a 'spot on' edgar allan poe? he died in 1849. how do we know what is 'spot on' ?

[skybar]

08:44 AM on 07/23/2011

Good point. I want to see this movie, though.

[Flor Arellano]

02:30 AM on 07/23/2011

I cannot wait to see this film! Poe is my favorite author!

[chuckinla]

10:27 PM on 07/22/2011

Good for Cusack, he waited a long time for a great role and it appears this could be the movie that will put him back in the top , he's such a great actor.

[mad world]

08:27 PM on 07/22/2011

He's one of my favorite actors. Looking forward to this project.

[jokamachi]

06:17 PM on 07/22/2011

If they pull this off (and that's a very big "if"), Cusack might be within striking distance of an oscar.

[raven119]

05:52 PM on 07/22/2011

Ooooooooooo....incomprehensible graphic. Looks like Batman road kill. Hope the movie is better than this poster.

[blacksmithn]

05:38 PM on 07/22/2011

This sounds like a very cool premise for a film. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

[Pyjamazombie]

05:34 PM on 07/22/2011

I think you're supposed to "whet" your appetite.. not wet it. :)

[Resurrectionist]

05:55 PM on 07/22/2011

Thank you. I was going to post that, too. Where is the editor?

[Twohairydogs]

04:18 AM on 07/23/2011

It's been so hot, even my appetite is thirsty.

[LMPE]

05:25 PM on 07/22/2011

The poster wasn't all that bloody.

[Johnny Fruckles]

04:56 PM on 07/22/2011

cusack is all wrong for poe...this film needs a gary oldmann to pull it off or a anthony hopkins

[RyanRugbyTighthead]

05:20 PM on 07/22/2011

Yeah Anthony Hopkins could really play a 40 year old. Maybe you could suggest Peter O'Toole next.

[Milash]

03:22 PM on 07/22/2011

John Cusak is a man who has gotten better with age.

[skybar]

08:46 AM on 07/23/2011

Yes. I remember him as one of the geeks in "Sixteen Candles." He's done so much great stuff since then.

[jenna2929]

02:59 PM on 07/22/2011

LOVE cusack. did anyone see Hot Tub Time Machine. I thought it would be dumb_ (it is) but it was, suprisingly, really funny. he's a great actor. HTTM was a little below his level, but still entertaining. can't wait to see The Raven.

[hauruck]

02:53 PM on 07/22/2011

Woo...I hope this'll be as awesome as it looks.

[dmsdzinr]

01:08 PM on 07/22/2011

Cusack could turn this into an Academy Award performance. I hope he does.

[Rozanna]

12:27 PM on 07/22/2011

It's "whet" your appetite. Please make the correction. Incidentally, the movie looks good. I like Cusack.