Chasing a copycat killer who has decided to mimic the gruesomeness of Poe stories isn’t a bad plot. Especially if you are old school, it was engaging to get a taste of the famous Poe stories; most notably “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “Tell Tale Heart”, “The Masque of the Red Death”, and others. Throw in John Cusack as Poe, who the police employ to get the bad guy, and the movie attempts to shed some light on Poe the man as well. I have no idea of gauging how well they did, but a few Wikipedia fact-checks indicates that they tried to cover the basics of his eccentric behaviors. In the end, I thought the movie was Ok; Interesting enough when you are running out of other options in your playlist.