Lenore Craven (The Raven)

Lenore Craven (Hazel Court) is the evil wife in the 1963 Roger Corman adaptation film of the Edgar Allan Poe poem, "The Raven".
Lenore had faked her death two years earlier in order to run away with her husband's rival, Dr. Scarabus (Boris Karloff). Lenore's old husband, Dr. Erasmus Craven (Vincent Price) is visited by a magician named Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (Peter Lorre), who has been turned into a raven by the hand of Dr. Scarabus. After changing Bedlo back into his human form, he attempts to have Craven help him get revenge on the sorcerer, Scarabus. Craven is not interested, since he has retired from magic. However, once he learns that his wife is still alive and living in the castle of Scarabus, he decides to help out.
Craven, Bedlo are joined by Craven's daughter, Estelle (Olive Sturgess) and Bedlo's son, Rexford (Jack Nicholson), and they arrive at the evil Scarabus' castle. While there, all of them are imprisoned, and Lenore reveals herself to Craven. He is confused to why she abandoned him, and ran off with his rival. She explains that she loved Scarabus, and he was more powerful than he was. She continues to taunt her husband throughout the film.
Bedlo begs Scarabus to turn him back into a raven rather than torture him. Once he does, he apparently flees the dungeon by flying away. Craven is forced to choose between surrendering his magical secrets to Scarabus or watching his daughter be tortured, a prospect Lenore appears to be gleeful about. Bedlo secretly returns, frees Rexford, and together they aid Craven.
Craven and Scarabus sit facing each other and engage in a magic duel as Lenore watches from the balcony above. At one point it appears that Craven has been speared to death, which causes the wicked Lenore to grin with pleasure, however it turns out he hadn't died after all. After a lengthy performance of attacks, counterattacks and insults, Scarabus sets the castle on fire, Craven defeats Scarabus. Lenore tries to reconcile with him, claiming that she had been bewitched by Scarabus, but Craven rejects her. Lenore is shocked that Craven is unwilling to take her back, and when she taunts Scarabus on the stairway, he grabs her and holds her down to await their doom. Craven, Bedlo, Estelle and Rexford escape the burning castle just as it collapses on Scarabus and his mistress.
Bedlo tries to convince Craven to restore his human form. Craven tells him to shut his beak, and says, "Quoth the raven - nevermore."
==Trivia ==
*Hazel Court appeared as Janine DuBois in the 1959 film, "The Man Who Could Cheat Death".
*Hazel Court appeared as Francesca in the 1961 episode "The Contessa" for the TV series "Danger Man".
*Hazel Court appeared as Juliana in the 1964 film, "Masque of the Red Death".
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