Netflix's "The Pale Blue Eye" is an intriguing mystery set at West Point in 1830. Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) is asked by Captain Hitchcock (Simon McBurney) to investigate the death of a cadet named Frye, who has hanged himself. The odd thing is, however, that his corpse was violated — the cadet's heart was stolen. The U.S. Military Academy would like this matter, which could possibly be murder, resolved before things get out of hand.
"It's quite tricky to make a film about Edgar Allen Poe at this time in his life, because most readers have him in mind as someone who is very dark and deeply invested in the trappings of macabre."
