Netflix's The Pale Blue Eye is based on a 2003 novel of the same name.
The film stars Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, and Edgar Allan Poe.
The story is set in 19th-century New York and follows a detective and a young Poe solving murders.
The film includes historical elements, such as Poe's time at the Military Academy.
The story deals with themes of death, decomposition, and reanimation.
The detective's name, Augustus Landor, is inspired by Poe's stories.
Landor's last name is inspired by "Landor's Cottage," a Poe short story.
The Pale Blue Eye was released in theaters on December 23, 2022, and on Netflix on January 6, 2023.
The film explores "dark romanticism" and was directed by Scott Cooper.