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The sequel to the 1993 original, The Crow: City of Angels follows Michael Corven, a man who gets killed along with his brother Danny are killed by the drug dealer Judah Earl, with Michael becoming the second Crow. The subplot also focuses on Sarah, the girl from the first film, being haunted by visions of the Corven brothers' deaths and trying to solve the mystery of a ring left to her by Eric Draven. When Michael resurrects, he is met by the ghost of Draven, who acts as a mentor to Michael in his quest for supernatural vengeance against Judah. The movie was successful thanks to an empty box office and a huge goth fanbase after the first, but the rehashed plot and weaker lead star meant the movie didn't do more than break even, leading to Paramount deciding that after this, all subsequent Crow movies would be direct-to-video. The Crow franchises would go on as follows

• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven. A 1997 television series starring Mark Dacascos as Eric Draven (Hah! Got you back on that one, Brandon!) Only lasted a season.
• The Crow: Lazarus Heart. 1999 film based on the Poppy Z. Brite book starring Eric Mabius as Alex Corvis (with Vincent Pérez returning as a spirit guide)
• The Crow: Wicked Prayer. 2004 film based on the Norman Partridge book of the same name, starring Edward Furlong as Jimmy Cuervo (and Eric Mabius acting as a spirit guide) also, did you know Tito Ortiz was in this movie? And Dennis "King Koopa" Hopper?

Sarah would remain a constant through the series, played by Rochelle Davis in all but the tv show (where she was played by Katie Stuart) and after Wicked Prayer, Davis would not work on another movie until 2009 (a much shorter gap in comparison to her OTL 15 years.)