The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Directed byJames McTeigue
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- March 9, 2012
- Budget
- $26,000,000
- Revenue
- $29,657,751
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Cast & crew
John Cusack
Edgar Allan Poe
Luke Evans
Detective Fields
Alice Eve
Emily Hamilton
Brendan Gleeson
Colonel Hamilton
Kevin McNally
Maddux
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
John Cantrell
Jimmy Yuill
Captain Eldridge
Pam Ferris
Mrs. Bradley
Brendan Coyle
Reagan
Sam Hazeldine
Ivan
- Directed by
- James McTeigue
- Written by
- Hannah ShakespeareBen Livingston
- Produced by
- Marc D. EvansTrevor Macy
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