Film Review – The Pale Blue Eye

“The Pale Blue Eye” continues writer/director Scott Cooper’s interest in grim tales concerning mysterious monsters of the night. He went genre with 2021’s “Antlers,” and the creative experience must’ve been rewarding, with the helmer back to strange events with his latest endeavor, which is an adaptation of a 2003 Louis Bayard novel. The feature offers a murder mystery to help bring viewers to the story, examining the silent alarm triggered at a military school when one cadet is found murdered in a most gruesome fashion, but there’s more of a character study presented here, with Cooper tracking an unusual partnership at the core of the story while also managing strange discoveries along the way. “The Pale Blue Eye” isn’t a film that’s easily decoded, and Cooper’s permissiveness with some performances is sure to test patience. But there’s a final destination from Bayard worth waiting for, giving Cooper another interesting study of horror as it emerges in many forms. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com