NightMans Horror Movie Blog

You move and you’re dead!…..  And I say, I’m dead, and I move.

     That has to be one of my favourite lines from The Crow.  It has many other great moments, but for some reason that line always cracks me up.  Now once again Im reviewing a movie that isn’t exactly a horror movie in the classic sense, but still you have somebody that comes back from the dead to seek revenge on the people that killed him and his fiance the night before their wedding, which happened to be the night before Halloween.  So I think It still qualifies.  The Crow became almost an instant classic in large part because of the death of its star, Brandon Lee.  Accidently shot by during filming, the movie was finished without him.  As sad as it was, it is a good thing that it was completed, because in my opinion its a fantastic movie about love and loss.  The acting is convincing, and the films dark and menacing look give it an atmosphere that most horror movies could only hope to ahcieve.

     For those that don’t know, the story goes like this.  Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiance Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas) are due to be married on Halloween, but the night before they are murdered by a gang of thugs.  A year later Eric comes back.  The legend of the Crow is that it brings back souls that have unfinished business, so along with his guide, Eric tracks down and begins to exact revenge on the gang that killed him the year before.  Of course the gangs leader will be his hardest target, and that sets up a great final confrontation.

     There are very few movies that I could watch over and over and never get sick of, but this is one of them.  It is a yearly routine to watch it on the night before Halloween itself.  And its still very sad that Brandon Lee died.  He turned in such a good performance, it would have been nice to see just how far his career could have gone.