Plot hole: Eric and Shelly were killed because they were trying to fight tenant eviction. Yet, a year later the building is seemingly abandoned. Eric and Shelly's stuff is even still there. So what were they killed for if nothing was ever done with the building?

The Crow (1994)
1 plot hole
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Eric kidnaps T-Bird and forces him to drive the hot-rod to the dock, Eric holds a large silver revolver up to T-Bird's head, then removes a black automatic from T-Bird's hand and drops it into the front floorboard. A few moments into the chase we see Eric holding the black automatic to the side of T-Bird's head, and the silver revolver is gone.
Eric Draven: It can't rain all the time.
Trivia: In one of the flashback scenes, we see T-Bird reading from a book - "Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is." The book is Milton's Paradise Lost. (NOTE: the line after this sounds like it is also a quote from the book, but it is not) David Patrick Kelly, who played T-Bird was so into his character that he bought an antique copy of the book. It is this we see him holding in the scene.
Question: In this movie Eric came back one year after his murder, but why in the other movies do the others come back shortly after their deaths?
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Answer: There is no explaination given in the films, they are just brought back when the crow feels it is the right time to avenge their murder.