Do you want a movie featuring fog in the moor, gruesome deaths, haunted war veterans and Edgar Allan Poe? Well, look no more: The Pale Blue Eye is the movie for you.
Shown in a limited selection of cinemas before being released on Netflix, the movie is written and directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass, Hostiles), based on a novel by Louis Bayard. The movie features a huge cast of stars: alongside a troubled Christian Bale, young Edgar Allan Poe is played by an incredible Harry Melling and there are literally times when Bale seems to step back so that his young co-star may shine as he deserves. If this is not enough, add Gillian Anderson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the always awesome Toby Jones, Timothy Spall, Robert Duvall.
It’s the perfect feature for a Spooktober evening not only due to the perfect atmospheres and the murder mysteries: it has black magic rituals, weaponized mental illness, family secrets, supportive and hostile ghosts, a doomed love story.
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