Polygram Video Movie

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Crow Rating: 3 1/2 Crows

Released: September 1999

Director/Screenplay: Bryze Zabel

Score: Graeme Revell

Starring: Mark Dacascos as Eric Draven, Marc Gomes as Det Darryl Albrecht, Katie Stewart as Sarah Mohr, Sabine Karsenti as Shelly Webster, and Lynda Boyd as Darla Mohr.

Film Premise
This video combines the first two episodes, "The Soul Can't Rest" and "Souled Out", from the series, into a 90 minute movie. Eric Draven and Shelly Webster have been murdered. Eric's soul is unable to rest. Eric comes back to set the wrong things right. The first part of the video, episode one, follows the story line upon which the feature film it is based, with a few variations. The second part highlights Eric dealing with his newfound state of life/death. Sarah is helping him to understand what it is that he has become. Eric confronts his old band, Hangman's Joke, when a song that he wrote for Shelly, which was never recorded and only played for Shelly the night they were murdered, is now a hit song for the band. Eric confronts his old band about the song and is directed to the record company. Eric's probing into how his song was found leads to a confrontation with the record company's head executive officer, who is himself back from the dead, though he is on the evil side of the fence. Many have confused this video with being Crow 3.

Personal Thoughts
Being a follower of the series, I knew what to expect out of the two episodes featured on the video. What is nice is that there are no commercials to interrupt your focus, and they have edited the two episodes in such a way that it appears this is one continuous story. For those that have not seen the series, click here to be taken to a synopsis of what the series was all about.

Where to find this movie
You can purchase this on VHS (no DVD available) on Amazon.Com (click logo below).You can check eBay online auction at www.ebay.com , for new and used copies.