Eric Draven

Eric Draven is title hero of The Crow (1994) who was a former rock guitar player in the band Hangman's Joke, who had a hit with the song "It Can't Rain All the Time". He was engaged to Shelly Webster, their wedding due to be on Halloween. But on Devil's Night before Halloween, a gang led by T-Bird attacks Shelley in their home and rapes her. When Eric walks in, Tin Tin throws a knife into his spine paralysing him. He could only watch them rape Shelly before being thrown out the window. A year later, the Crow brings his soul back from the dead to avenge Shelly's and his deaths on the T-Bird's gang.

Eric emerges from his grave on a stormy night, stumbling his way back home to his ruined apartment. There he has flashbacks of Shelley and discovers that any wound he takes heals instantaneously. With that, he paints his face and sets out to kill the thugs who killed Shelley. He was played by Brandon Lee who died on set of the film on March 31, 1993.