---
title: "Episode #112 \u2013 The Raven"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2012\/10\/episode-112-the-raven\/"
date: "2012-10-13T15:53:00+00:00"
episode_number: 112
movie: "The Raven"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #112 – The Raven

The Flop House is RAVIN’ about [The Raven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486192/)! (…Is what we would say if we all had brain parasites.) Meanwhile Dan catalogs nude aliens throughout movie history, Elliott talks more about why putting a historical figure in thrillers is always totally awesome, and Stuart gives us the world’s most surprising twist ending.

 0:00 – 0:36 – Introduction and SHOCKtober theme.
 0:37 – 31:33 – Quoth The Raven, “Wouldn’t it be cool if Poe, like, fought a serial killer?!”
 31:34 – 36:09 – Pumpkin spice flavored final judgments
 36:10 – 54:18 – Flop House Movie Mailbag
 54:19 – 59:35 – [The](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/) [sad](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658837/) [bas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655460/)[tards](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/) [recom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058333/)[mend.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068182/)
 59:36 – 1:01:58 – Goodbyes, theme, and outtakes.

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   Archeologists now believe Edgar Allan Poe had giant wings.     [Wikipedia synopsis of The Raven](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_%282012_film%29#Plot)

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 [FOURTH LIVE FLOP HOUSE MOVIE SCREENING – BRATZ](http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Event/Bad-Movie-Night--Bratz.aspx?utm_source=92YTri_MightLike&utm_medium=Bad-Movie-Night--Bratz&utm_campaign=Tribeca)
 co-sponsored by I Love Bad Movies
 featuring live commentary by the Flop House gang
 92Y Tribeca ([MAP](https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs&q=200+Hudson+St&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c259f49536b083:0x8ea8ec5db8ace70c,200+Hudson+St,+New+York,+NY+10013&gl=us&ei=mTNmUKvcPMW40QGRioCACw&ved=0CCIQ8gEwAA))
 November 2 at 8 pm

 Ticket Price: $12, [Film Club Member](http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/FilmClub.aspx): $8

 Elliott and guest F.H. co-host Brock Mahan’s sketch group still has one more show! With special guest Owl Madrigal!
 [The Hypocrites](http://www.92y.org/Tribeca/Event/Hooray-for-the-Hypocrites.aspx)
 October 18.
 $10
 92Y Tribeca

 As promised in the letters section, some real ding-dong ripping (at about 31:50 in):