Actually, The Crow takes place on Devils Night, which is the night before Halloween. I grew up near Detroit. It was the custom so let your kids go crazy and raise hell on Devils Night. My mother gave me soap, shaving cream, and toilet paper and said have fun. That escalated to burning dumpsters, and on to burning entire BUILDINGS. That is what the bad guys are talking about when they say “BURN IT UP!” . I like the film. They did a great job filling in the gaps after Brandon died.