▁name ▁" Re yn olds " ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁before ▁his ▁death , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁unclear ▁to ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁referring . ▁The ▁title ▁der ives ▁from ▁Po e ' s ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁poem ▁" The ▁R aven ", ▁in ▁the ▁similar ▁manner ▁of ▁the ▁earlier ▁un related ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁films . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁Canada , ▁Ireland , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁on ▁March ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁film ▁gar ner ed ▁mostly ▁negative ▁reviews , ▁with ▁the ▁visual ▁effects ▁and ▁score ▁by ▁Lucas ▁Vid al ▁pra ised , ▁but ▁the ▁performances ▁and ▁plot ▁tw ists ▁critic ized . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁Baltimore , ▁Maryland , ▁several ▁polic emen ▁discover ▁a ▁murder ed ▁woman ▁spraw led ▁on ▁the ▁floor ▁of ▁her ▁a partment , ▁which ▁was ▁locked ▁from ▁the ▁inside . ▁While ▁police ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁k iller ' s ▁means ▁of ▁escape , ▁they ▁discover ▁a ▁second ▁cor pse ▁in ▁the ▁chim ney , ▁later ▁identified ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 2 - year - old ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁victim . ▁A ▁celebrated ▁detect ive , ▁Em m ett ▁Field s ▁( Lu ke ▁Evans ), ▁is ▁called ▁to ▁assist ▁in ▁the ▁investigation ▁and ▁disco vers ▁that ▁the ▁crime ▁res emb les ▁a ▁fict ional ▁murder ▁in ▁a