"Melancholy Mystery"Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.
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What You Need To Know:THE PALE BLUE EYE is a melancholy mystery set in 1830. A widowed, retired police detective named Landor teams up with a young Edgar Allan Poe to solve a murder with a macabre twist at West Point. They investigate the hanging of a cadet whose heart was cut out after his corpse was sent to the morgue. During their investigation, the two men find that the murder and mutilation may be related to a secret satanic ritual being performed in the nearby icehouse.
THE PALE BLUE EYE is well-crafted. It also has a melancholic beauty. The dialogue is well-written, but the plot is sometimes slow. The Satanism in the movie is portrayed...