Un detective jubilado recluta a un astuto cadete llamado Edgar Allan Poe para resolver un asesinato espeluznante en la Academia Militar de EE. UU.

Christian Bale stars alongside a glimmering supporting cast—Gillian Anderson! Charlotte Gainsbourg! Timothy Spall!—in this gothic murder mystery. Unfolding against a snowscape in 1830s New York, this bone-chilling thriller involving a young Edgar Allan Poe makes for perfect festive viewing.