A professor at Washington University in eastern Missouri, portrayed by Wes Bentley, becomes drawn to a mysterious woman with striking dark beauty (Sofya Skya) as unsettling events unfold near the Black Sea. “The Tomb” (2009), also known as “Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia,” takes inspiration from Poe’s 1838 short story, reimagining it in a contemporary setting. The film shifts the original English and European locations …