I just saw The Raven recently.
That’s the 2012 movie about some fiendish serial killer using the writings of
Edgar Allan Poe as a basis for his crimes, and then sending Poe and the police
on a race to find Poe’s girlfriend before she dies, etc. Edgar Allan Poe always
seems to be used for this type of thing, where twisted murderers and crazy
megalomaniacs use Poe’s tales and poems as an inspiration for their intricate
murderous schemes. But what about using someone else for a change?
Hey, didn’t Edward Gorey write grim tales about death and
stuff too? How come nobody has ever made a movie about a fiendish killer using The
Gashlycrumb Tinies as a model for his
crimes, and sending Edward Gorey on a race against time to stop the murders?
And as each child dies one-by-one in the same manner as he wrote in his
alphabetic death poem, all the parents and librarians and authors and
illustrators would curse him for writing and illustrating such twisted,
pernicious works. It could even be an animated cartoon movie done in the style
of Gorey’s illustrations. Wouldn’t that be nice for a change?
Maybe it could be called Gory, since the deaths would be gory, and his name is Gorey.
