Chilling, eerie and haunting. The Pale Blue Eye is a tale of murder and deceit that gravitates toward the occult. At first, you’ll want to escape into the untouched, snowy woods of the Hudson Valley, where Detective Augustus Landor lives alone — his own family gone. But then, we discover a U.S. cadet has hanged himself and had his heart cut out. Landor begrudgingly takes the case. But, it won’t be his last murder investigation.

I read Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart in school, and it’s the kind of story that sticks with you. Harry Melling does a fantastic job of playing the poet, and there are references to Poe’s other work throughout. Christian Bale is equally great as Detective Landor, and so are the supporting performances. The perfect watch for a gloomy winter weekend.

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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2022
Running Time: 2h 8m
MPAA: R
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer: Scott Cooper (screen), Louis Bayard (book)
Starring: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall
Studio: Cross Creek Pictures, Streamline Global Group, Le Grisbi Productions
Distributor: Netflix

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IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 64% Tomatometer, 73% Audience Score
Roger and Ebert: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Where to Watch: Netflix