Raven's Hollow - Movie Reviews (2025)

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Lee Zumpe Tampa Bay Newspapers

The biggest issue though is the fact that Moseley is outright distracting as Poe. He’s a square peg and Hatton is trying to mash him into a round hole.

Full Review | Oct 26, 2023

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Sharai Bohannon Dread Central

Raven’s Hollow never really believes in itself, which is frustrating for a viewer. It’s a waste of an okay idea and some cool gothic vibes.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 26, 2022

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Joey Keogh Wicked Horror

Without any prior understanding of Edgar Allan Poe's work, you might get less out of Raven’s Hollow on an intellectual basis, but the movie is an entertaining and spooky slice of supernatural horror in its own right, too.

Full Review | Oct 10, 2022

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Marie Asner Phantom Tollbooth

[Raven's Hollow] brings depth to the character of Edgar Allen Poe as a young man.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2022

It’s hard to imagine that [Poe] would have been anything other that appalled by this shoddy exercise in pilfering the most superficial aspects of his work.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 28, 2022

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Michelle Swope Bloody Disgusting

Even though it is unclear if references to Poe’s work such as characters named Usher and Lenore and even a few ravens are intended to be clever or tongue-in-cheek, Raven’s Hollow does succeed at being a moody, macabre, and overall enjoyable period piece.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2022

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Joel Fisher Battle Royale With Cheese

Although any fans of Tim Burton will eventually see that this story is far from original and that it takes many liberties with its historical figure at the head of its movie.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2022

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Peter Gray The AU Review

Though Raven’s Hollow may not break the mould within the gothic horror genre, [director Christopher] Hatton proves that steering the wheel with an assured confidence over entirely reinventing it is just as horrifically effective.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 24, 2022

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Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review

The film feels like a decent short story expanded about 20 minutes past the point of interest. A closer call than I was expecting, but Raven’s Hollow is still a Nevermore from me.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2022

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MontiLee Stormer MovieReelist.com

I would watch a whole five seasons and three holiday specials (two Halloween, one Christmas) of Murder Poe Wrote, but this is only a one-off Shudder Original, so it will have to do.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2022

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Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack)

If that sounds so bad it might be good—well, yeah. Kind of.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.0/10 | Sep 22, 2022

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Danny Brogan Common Sense Media

Hatton does a great job of creating a creepy, gothic atmosphere and there are a few jump scares for good measure. But ultimately, despite a runtime of just 98 minutes, the film drags and, unlike Poe's actual works, the conclusion is lacking.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2022

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Screen Rant

While lacking in style and substance, Raven’s Hollow has just enough entertainment value to keep viewers intrigued.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2022

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News

An effective little creeper for those who swoon over Gothic-looking fright flicks.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 21, 2022

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Matt Donato Paste Magazine

Raven’s Hollow falls somewhere between “functional” and “forgettable.” It’s not very horrifying, but extends a curiously eye-catching invitation.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.0/10 | Sep 21, 2022

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DarkSkyLady DarkSkyLady Reviews

Raven’s Hollow delivers an entertaining slice of horror with great tension and some frights despite plot holes and a less-than-chilling monster.

Full Review | Sep 20, 2022

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Keri O'Shea Warped Perspective

The Raven (2012) blended Poe’s life and works in a fairly effective piece of horror, and a decade on, Raven’s Hollow (2022) has done much the same thing, with many of the same positives and negatives held in a similar balance.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Sep 19, 2022

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Kat Hughes THN

Raven’s Hollow achieves its intent to make an origin story for Edgar Allan Poe, but still falters in its execution.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2022

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Anton Bitel Projected Figures

Po(e)stmodern prehistory: Christopher Hatton’s mythic murder mystery invents an origin story for an American literary giant

Full Review | Aug 27, 2022

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Roger Moore Movie Nation

A thriller of modest budget and modest thrills (that) gets by on funereal gloom and sheer ambition.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 12, 2022

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