The new gothic horror thriller The Raven, drops this Friday, January 16 featuring some very familiar faces to soap fans and the streaming series, The Bay. The film will be available On Demand on several major platforms.

The Raven is a noir-inspired adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s iconic works The Raven and Annabel Lee, directed and written by Emmy Award–winning creator and filmmaker, Gregori J. Martin (The Bay). The film stars Emmy winner, Kristos Andrews (Pete/Adam, The Bay) as Guy De Vere, Emmy winner Mike Manning (Smitty, Beyond the Gates) as Johnny, horror film icon, the “Candyman”, the late Tony Todd (ex-Gus Rogan, Y&R). In addition, General Hospital alum, William deVry (ex-Julian Jerome) also appears as well as The Bay’s Celeste Fianna.

Set in a shadowy, 1940s-inspired world, The Raven, follows a grieving man who spirals into madness in the hours after burying his beloved Annabel Lee. As a mysterious raven appears, he is drawn into a nightmarish descent marked by guilt, supernatural encounters, and the fragile boundary between life and death. The Raven reimagines Poe’s themes of loss, obsession, and the supernatural through a contemporary cinematic lens.

Sadly, the film marks Tony Todd’s final performance and holds particular significance following the legendary actor’s passing in November 2024. While his final cinematic appearance was in Final Destination: Bloodlines, his role in The Raven stands as a poignant late-career role that underscores his enduring presence in genre cinema. Rounding out the cast are Rae Dawn Chong and Victoria Baldesarra.

You can watch The Raven starting tomorrow in the U.S. via Amazon, Fandango at Home, Verizon Fios, Hoopla, and major cable platforms, with additional territories and platforms to follow.

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The Raven was produced by LANY Entertainment and SheMogul Media with Precious V. Mayes (Take No Prisoners, Darkness of Man) serving as Executive Producer, alongside Buffalo 8 co-founders Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor.

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Tonight in Hollywood, The Raven will have its premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatres. You can check out the official trailer below.

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Former Y&R actor, Max Ehrich (ex-Fenmore Baldwin 2012-2015), and who is set to be seen in the upcoming season of The Bay as Wesley McKinnon, was arrested earlier on Tuesday night on domestic violence charges for allegedly assaulting his own mother.

New details on Thursday shed more light on what went down. According to TMZ and the police report, Ehrich was accused of roughing up his mother while abusing nitrous oxide.

In further details, the police received a domestic violence call Tuesday night from someone who claimed Ehrich was live streaming himself beating on his mother. Police say they responded to the Florida home Ehrich shares with his mom, who officers found at a neighbor’s residence after an altercation with Max.

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The mother, revealed, Max “heavily abuses inhalants” and had “consumed nitrous oxide before turning violent during an argument over her phone in their house,” police said.  Ehrich’s mom, Rhonda Ehrich. allegedly told the police Max chased her outside into her neighbor’s backyard, pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the thigh. However, she did not suffer serious injuries.

In the initial report, Ehrich was arrested for battery on a person 65 or older. He posted $1,000 bond, and was released Wednesday. His arrest came amid fan concerns regarding Max’s behavior. He was allegedly on his Instagram live earlier in the day, acting erratic and making cryptic posts. One post included Max giving out his mother’s phone number saying, “Link in bio give zelleto my mom RHONDA.”

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Ehrich is best-known in the mainstream media as the ex of singer Demi Lovato. On their break-up, Lovato expressed in her recent documentary, “I think I rushed into something that I thought was what I was supposed to do. I realized as time went on, that I didn’t actually know the person that I was engaged to.”

Demi added,”The hardest part of the breakup was mourning the person that I thought he was … but I’m not the only one who felt fooled. I was just as shocked as the rest of the world at some of the things that were said and done.” Lovato went on to tie the knot with Jordan “Jutes” Lutes back in May of this year.

What are your thoughts on what happened with Max and his arrest? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Max Ehrich, who got his soap start on The Young and the Restless as Lauren (Tracey Bregman) and Michael’s (Christian LeBlanc) son, Fenmore Baldwin from 2012-2015, has landed a new role on the Daytime Emmy-winning streaming series, The Bay, and on Friday dropped his latest single, LAX .

Michael Fairman TV caught up with Max at the Daytime at Night – Benefit for St. Jude’s concert/fundraiser at the Troubadour nightclub on Thursday, May 29, to learn some intel on two of his latest projects.

The Bay’s creator, Gregori Martin had a key role he was looking to bring on for the series new season that of Wesley McKinnon, and as Ehrich explained, “He had written a role and then I read for him. There’s a connection to music with this character, but there’s a very also very intricate emotional arc to this role. I play Mike Manning’s (Caleb, The Bay, and Smitty, Beyond the Gates) brother on the show.”

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As to if Max will be playing a bad guy, or a good guy on The Bay, all he would tease is that, “You will have to see! I don’t want to give too much away.”

Daytime fans, and those that have followed Max’s motion picture and TV career know that he can play a turn to the dark side quite well. As Ehrich puts it, “I have played troubled well. This (new) character goes through a lot and comes out the other side. So, I hope that he inspires people that go through hardships that they too, can come out the other side.”

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While Max has been long gone from Genoa City, he still has some special connections that will be lifelong. “I have stayed in touch with a lot of the cast of Y&R including Christian LeBlanc (Michael) and Tracey Bregman (Lauren),” he shared. “Just because I’m no longer on the show doesn’t mean they’re not like family to me for the rest of my life. They’ll always have a super special place in my heart. I mean, I literally lived at Tracey’s place in their guest house! She has a pure heart. She’s a beautiful person. Tracey feels like family to me, and so I’m grateful for that.”

Max, who also has his music career as a vocalist and songwriter, released his brand new single on Friday, called “LAX.” Speaking on the meaning behind the track, Ehrich explained, “It’s about that connection you have with someone that you know instantly, you just want to get on a flight and go somewhere with, or you want to go to the beach and have some fun times there. It’s a really great summer vibe that I hope people can enjoy and will lift their spirits up, and that they can dance along too with their windows down. It’s the current chapter of my life right now.”

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Ehrich, who’s music can be found on major music streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, said of his songwriting, “I can only write from a place of where I’m at, or sometimes I’ll write from a place of where I want to be, or where sometimes I’m trying to process things. But this song (LAX) is my current vibe, and I’m super grateful that it’s my current vibe.”

As to where Fenmore Baldwin might be nowadays since he has been MIA for some time on The Young and the Restless, Ehrich exclaimed, “Fenmore’s moved to Bay City!”

Following our posting, Max Ehrich took to his Instagram and expressed, “Grateful to be joining such a talented and good hearted group of people on the multi Emmy Award-winning series @thebaytheseries created by the one and only @gregorijmartin 🎬🍿”

Check out Max’s new single ‘LAX’ below. Then let us know, what do you think of Max and Mike Manning now set to play brothers on the upcoming “The Bay?” Share your thoughts in the comment section.