Edgar Allan Poe wrote some fairly graphic short stories. However, it seems easier to read about blood spilling freely than it is to watch. This film is filled with graphic, bloody murders and unfortunately in today’s cinema world, things are made for eventual conversion to 3D encouraging filmmakers to use as much gore as possible. The one good thing is that the story is so thin here that it appears the budget didn’t allow them to complete the 3D work.
Someone is killing people in the same manner as written about by Poe and he is brought in by the police to help solve the crimes. It is quickly learned that Poe is being taunted by the murderer and always winds up one step behind. Again and again he arrives shortly after the crime or is forced to play out a scenario in which the crime still takes place. In the end, he is forced to play the crime out himself leaving little hope for the audience to work out the ending on their own. This graphic horror story is anything but a family experience. Our advice…go to the library and check out a book.