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Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe in The Pale Blue Eye Scott Garfield—Netflix

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Christian Bale, left, and writer-director-producer Scott Cooper on the set of “The Pale Blue Eye.”

Christian Bale as Augustus Landor in “The Pale Blue Eye.” (Scott Garfield / Netflix)

Netflix’s Christian Bale horror mystery The Pale Blue Eye is at its best when it gets pulpy