There are sacred cows, and then there’s The Crow. The original movie version of James O’Barr’s supernatural comic book series became a cult classic the instant it was released in 1994, and the love for it has only grown over the years.
It’s easy to see why. The movie, directed by Alex Proyas, had it all: a doomed love story at its heart, a timeless goth aesthetic that has inspired everyone from HIM’s Ville Valo to Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnos, and a killer soundtrack that stands as one of the greatest the 90s had to offer. And then there was the heartbreaking death of star Brandon Lee as a result of a horrific on-set accident with a gun, instantly adding him to the pantheon of doomed big screen icons alongside James Dean and River Phoenix.
