It’s been a minute since Christian Bale popped up in a horror film, but that absence comes to an end later this year when The Pale Blue Eye hits select theaters before landing on Netflix in early 2023!
So what’s The Pale Blue Eye about? Here’s an official plot synopsis:
“West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry—a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).”
Yes, that’s right: The Pale Blue Eye finds Christian Bale’s detective joining forces with a young Edgar Allen Poe (the Harry Potter franchise’s Harry Melling) to hunt down a serial killer. If that description doesn’t have ya hooked, buddy, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe this teaser trailer will do the trick?
Not much to go on here, obviously, but Scott Cooper’s latest film certainly looks beautiful, and every frame of this thing looks to be drenched in the appropriate amount of dread. The cast, many of whom don’t make appearances in the teaser, is also worth getting excited about: in addition to Bale, you’ve also got Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall in the mix. That’s a murderer’s row of talent!
As mentioned above, The Pale Blue Eye will hit select theaters on December 23rd before hitting Netflix on January 6th. We’re hyped to see Bale back in the horror business, and look forward to checking this one out when it arrives in a few months! Stay tuned for further updates (and, presumably, a full trailer) for The Pale Blue Eye as they roll in.
