A man (Bill Oberst jr) has fond the perfect way to get rid of his wife (Anita Nicole Brown), to poison her bedside candle - basically because once she's found dead, all evidence will have gone up in smoke. And really, he's not caught for the crime, in fact nobody even suspected anything but a natural death. A perfect crime, really - well, if it wasn't for the murderer himself ...

A very nice Edgar Allan Poe adaptation that, following the writer's words in Bill Oberst jr's monologue, doesn't try to follow the narration too much or in any great detail but rather chooses an associate approach that's apparent in many of Poe's writings (including this one) as well, this way supporting the narration rather than just duplicating it. And director Domenic Migliore sure creates impressive enough imagery to do so, while the ever dependable Bill Oberst jr gives a suitably creepy (mostly voice) performance to bring the story to morbid life - and all of this combined adds up to pretty much a must-see to at least all Poe afficionados.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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