According to an exclusive report from Deadline, Sweeney is in talks to star in a new movie version of The Masque of the Red Death, an 1842 short story written by horror legend Edgar Allen Poe.

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STAUNTON — When Davey White first read Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the two main characters — the narrator and C. Auguste Dupin — inspired him to create a ...

This site does earn kudos for its ambiance. You can view some of Poe's childhood items and first editions of some of his short stories as they appeared in era newspapers. The museum's setting ...