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The Rats in the Walls

"The Rats in the Walls" is a 1923 weird-fiction short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Weird Tales in March 1924, in which American heir Delapore restores Exham Priory and uncovers ancestral cannibalism beneath it.

The Rattle Bag

The Rattle Bag is a 1982 poetry anthology selected by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes and published by Faber and Faber, with over 400 poems arranged alphabetically by title.

The Raven

The Raven is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845, in which a grieving scholar is visited by a raven that says only "Nevermore."

The Raven (1935 film)

The Raven (1935) is a Universal horror film directed by Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers), starring Bela Lugosi as Poe-obsessed surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin and Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman; released 8 July 1935, suggested by Poe's poem, budget $109,750.

The Raven (1963 film)

The Raven is a 1963 American comedy-horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely adapted from Poe's 1845 poem and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff.

The Raven (2012 film)

The Raven is a 2012 thriller directed by James McTeigue, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe hunting a serial killer who stages murders from Poe's stories.

The Raven (The Stranglers album)

The Raven (1979) is the fourth studio album by The Stranglers, released 21 September 1979 on United Artists, recorded at Pathé Marconi Paris and Air Studios London, produced by Alan Winstanley with the band, reaching UK No. 4 with Gold certification.

The Raven and Other Poems

The Raven and Other Poems is an 1845 poetry collection by Edgar Allan Poe, published in New York and containing his most famous poem, "The Raven".

The Raven Cycle

The Raven Cycle is Maggie Stiefvater's four-book young adult fantasy series (Scholastic, 2012–2016): The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King, following Blue Sargent and the Aglionby Academy Raven Boys on a quest for the sleeping Welsh king Glendower in Henrietta, Virginia.

The Raven Scholar

The Raven Scholar (2025) by Antonia Hodgson is the first book of the Eternal Path trilogy, an epic fantasy in which High Scholar Neema Kraa investigates a murder during Orrun's imperial succession tournament; it won the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

The Ravine of Goodbye

The Ravine of Goodbye (さよなら渓谷, Sayonara Keikoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama-mystery film by Tatsushi Omori, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's novel, starring Yoko Maki and Shima Onishi; it won the Moscow IFF Special Jury Prize and Japan Academy Best Actress.

The Ray of the Microcosm

The Ray of the Microcosm (Luča mikrokozma) is an 1845 mystical epic poem in six cantos by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, prince-bishop of Montenegro, written during Lent.

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge is W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel about American aviator Larry Darrell's spiritual quest from post-WWI Chicago to India under guru Shri Ganesha, told by Maugham as first-person narrator; distinguished from film versions by its Katha-Upanishad epigraph and 1944 publication.

The Razor's Edge (1946 film)

The Razor's Edge (1946), Twentieth Century-Fox drama directed by Edmund Goulding, adapting W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel; stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Oscar-winning Anne Baxter; Fox's biggest hit to date, remade in 1984 with Bill Murray.

The Razor's Edge (1984 film)

The Razor's Edge is a 1984 American drama directed by John Byrum, with a screenplay by Byrum and Bill Murray, adapted from Maugham's 1944 novel about a seeker named Larry Darrell.

The Razor's Edge (upcoming film)

The Razor's Edge is an upcoming American action thriller directed by Demian Lichtenstein, starring James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones as a hitman and his pursuer. Announced May 2024, shot in Columbus, Georgia from June 25, 2024; distinct from the Maugham adaptations and the Detroit homelessness documentary of the same name.

The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)

The Razors Edge is the eleventh studio album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in September 1990 on ATCO Records, featuring the hit "Thunderstruck".

The Reader

The Reader (Der Vorleser) is Bernhard Schlink's 1995 German novel about Michael Berg and Hanna, a former SS guard, published by Diogenes, translated by Carol Brown Janeway in 1997, an Oprah's Book Club bestseller adapted into an Oscar-winning film.

The Reader (2008 film)

The Reader is a 2008 drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, adapted from Bernhard Schlink's novel about an affair with a woman tried as a Nazi guard; Kate Winslet won the Best Actress Oscar.

The Reading (film)

The Reading is a 2023 American supernatural thriller, Courtney Glaude's feature debut, starring Mo'Nique as widowed author Emma Leeden; a staged psychic reading by Sky Brown unleashes real evil. BET+ original, February 2, 2023, executive produced by Lee Daniels.

The Ready Room

The Ready Room is the Star Trek aftershow on CBS All Access and Paramount+, hosted by Naomi Kyle (2019) then Wil Wheaton (2020-2024), covering Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds; it ended December 19, 2024.

The Real (talk show)

The Real was an American syndicated daytime panel talk show created by SallyAnn Salsano, hosted by Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry, Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon/Houghton, Jeannie Mai, and Garcelle Beauvais. Airing on Fox stations 2014-2022, it won a 2018 Daytime Emmy and NAACP Image Award and ended after eight seasons and 1,360 episodes.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is a 1996-1997 Hanna-Barbera animated revival of Jonny Quest on Cartoon Network, adding Jessie and the CGI QuestWorld, with a troubled, over-budget production and two stylistically different seasons.

The Real Bros of Simi Valley

The Real Bros of Simi Valley is a scripted comedy web series parodying reality TV, created by Jimmy Tatro and Christian A. Pierce. It ran on YouTube (2017) and Facebook Watch (2018–2020) for three seasons, then continued as a 2024 Roku Channel film.

The Real CSI: Miami

The Real CSI: Miami is a CBS true-crime docuseries, also called The Real CSI Miami, premiering June 26, 2024. Created by Jerry Bruckheimer and Anthony Zuiker, its 10-episode first season profiles real South Florida homicide cases and the forensic science behind them.

The Real Full Monty (American TV special)

The Real Full Monty is a two-hour American Fox special premiering December 9, 2024, in which Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli, and James Van Der Beek perform a striptease for cancer awareness.

The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is the 1986-1991 DIC/Columbia animated sequel series to the 1984 Ghostbusters film, retitled to avoid confusion with Filmation's cartoon; 140 episodes, ABC and syndication, voices including Lorenzo Music and Maurice LaMarche.

The Real Has Come! (진짜가 나타났다!)

The Real Has Come! (진짜가 나타났다!) is a 2023 KBS2 Korean weekend family drama, 50 episodes, starring Baek Jin-hee and Ahn Jae-hyun as a single mother and obstetrician in a fake contract marriage, peaking at 23.9% Nielsen rating.

The Real Housewives

The Real Housewives is Bravo's reality TV docusoap franchise, launched with The Real Housewives of Orange County on March 21, 2006; by 2026 it spanned 12 US cities, over 30 international adaptations, and nearly 30 spin-offs.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) is a Bravo reality series, premiered October 7, 2008, the franchise's third installment and first with a primarily African American cast, now in 17 seasons after an 18-month hiatus and a 2025 cast reboot.