Where to watch all of “The Crow ”movies and TV shows in order
Vengeance is a dish best served crow-ed.
For those who experienced a goth phase during the ’90s, chances are they were indoctrinated by 1994 film The Crow, starring the late Brandon Lee as Eric Draven. Based on James O'Barr's graphic novel, the film series follows a series of murdered victims, all of whom die tragically, but are then resurrected and guided by a crow to exact vengeance on their perpetrators.
But first, they must undergo their heroic transformation that includes black eyeliner, white makeup, and a leather jacket. Each one of them. That crow clearly also harbors the ability to make every person it resurrects take on the iconic look of The Rocky Horror Picture Show's Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
You might know of the Alex Proyas original, but what about the standalone sequels? A few went to theaters, a few released direct-to-video, and there was one short-lived television series. One of the entries even starred a young Kirsten Dunst.
With Rupert Sanders' 2024 reimagining starring Bill Skarsg?rd and FKA Twigs now released in theaters, let's take a look back at every Crow iteration, from the very beginning to the present.
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The Crow (1994)
The Crow tells the story of Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a guitarist living in a crime-riddled Detroit. One night, he with his fiancée Shelly (Sofia Shinas) are viciously murdered by a street gang. One year later, Sarah Mohr (Rochelle Davis), a young friend Eric and Shelly used to care for, visits their grave. While there, a crow taps on his grave and brings him back to life as an invincible, super-strengthened entity that hunts a group of criminals working for a gang leader named Top Dollar (Michael Wincott). With the help of the crow and Mohr, Draven goes on a rage-fueled revenge streak.
Where to watch The Crow: Amazon Prime Video
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The Crow II: City of Angels (1996)
Eric Draven isn't the only man to get that kiss from a crow on the grave. The following installment, The Crow II: City of Angels, is set in L.A. with a new victim in Ashe Corven (Vincent Perez) who was killed alongside his son by a drug cartel. After that supernatural crow comes calling on his tombstone, a reborn Corven seeks the help of an adult Sarah Mohr (Mia Kirshner), as he pursues murderous revenge on the cartel.
Where to watch The Crow: City of Angels: Hoopla
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998 - 1999)
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Mark Dacascos in The Crow: Stairway to HeavenThe Eric Draven story gets stretched out into a television show that might as well have walked so that Supernatural's Winchester brothers could run. Mark Dacascos plays Draven in this syndicated adaptation. Instead of pursuing revenge against his murderers, he returns to Earth to resolve a number of the world's problems and the fantasy entities are involved within it. There are plenty of strange fantasy creatures and stories involved in this one-season series, including an anti-crow in the form of a snake, a clip show, time loops, Rasputin, multiple crow spirits, and more. With each episode, Eric Draven must assist the subjects of the week who surround him or run in his teenage human friend Sarah Mohr's (Katie Stuart) circle. Draven fights for justice to safeguard the innocent in this mortal world so he can return to heaven to be with his fiancée Shelly (Sabine Karsenti).
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven is available for purchase on DVD or VHS on Amazon.com, eBay, and other retailers.
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
The Crow continues its coast-to-coast resurrection tour in this direct-to-video release. This time, it stops in Salt Lake City to find Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius), a wrongfully convicted felon for his girlfriend Lauren's (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) murder. Though he knows the features of the killer, the force prosecutes him. After serving three years on death row, he's given "the chair." Soon, the crow revives Corvis. With help from the crow and Lauren's sister Erin (Kirsten Dunst), Corvis must become judge, jury, and exe-caw-tioner, by finding out who killed his girlfriend.
Where to watch The Crow: Salvation: Hulu
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
As if the supernatural forces of the crow were not enough, the gothic energy goes extreme by the arrival of satanists in this installment. Jimmy Cuervo (Edward Furlong) and his girlfriend Lilly (Emmanuelle Chriqui) are killed by satanists in a ritual attempt to resurrect the devil. You get the gist by now: The crow goes tap-tap-tapping on Jimmy's grave and brings him back to life. As Jimmy steamrolls some satanists, the cult's leaders, Luc 'Death' Crash (David Boreanaz) and his girlfriend Lola (Tara Reid), try to complete their antichrist revival quest and triumph over Jimmy. Also, the devilishly delightful Dennis Hopper and Danny Trejo appear in supporting roles.
Where to watch: The Crow: Wicked Prayer: Hoopla
The Crow (2024)
Reimagined for crow-temporary times, this 2024 remake follows Eric Draven (Bill Skarsg?rd) and Shelly (FKA twigs), two star-crossed lovers who meet in an institution. Shelly unfortunately has a dark past involving witnessing crime lord Vincent Roeg (Danny Huston) killing someone with his demonic powers. Soon enough, Eric and Shelly are tragically murdered by Roeg and his goons. In the afterlife, Eric is offered the chance to go back to the land of the living and exact revenge on Roeg to be reunited with Shelly in the afterlife. Eric, guided by the crow and imbued with invincibility and super strength, sets out to take down Roeg and end his reign of power once and for all.
The Crow (2024) is now in theaters.
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