Hallowe’en Party: Filmed as A Haunting in Venice (Poirot)

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The cast is excellent: In addition to ACADEMY AWARD winner Michelle YEOH as a mysterious medium and erotic legend Jamie DORNAN (50 Shades of...) as a war-disabled doctor, lesser-known faces such as Kelly REILLY, Camille COTTIN and Kyle ALLEN also shine. Jude HILL, who played DORNAN's son in BELFAST, and Tina FEY as an Agatha Christie satire are really great. With this slight detour into the horror genre, the series can continue. Poirot himself also becomes more complex. So far, the film has grossed USD 89 million at the worldwide box office. We'll see whether DISNEY is enough for a fourth film. You know i am still um-ing and ah-ing as to whether this is 4 or 5 stars. A really great detective novel, great plot and Poirot was on top form, and to cap it all he is ably assisted by Ariadne Oliver, so why am i still prevaricating as to why its 4 or 5 stars ?

I haven't read the novel, A Halloween Party, but I'm told the only thing this film has in common with it is that it takes place on Halloween, and that there is a Halloween party in it. The culprit is the same in both, but the motivation and victims are entirely different. I'm guessing Branagh went with a far more obscure Poirot story this time, banking on the fact that not many have read and so they won't notice the many alterations made to it. Robert Weaver in the Toronto Daily Star of 13 December 1969 wrote " Hallowe'en Party...is a disappointment, but with all her accomplishments Miss Christie can be forgiven some disappointments...Poirot seems weary and so does the book." [6]

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Agatha Christie writes wonderful mysteries. I encourage anyone to read them. But don’t read this book. Try instead one of these novels: With a storm cutting off the palazzo, Poirot interviews the guests, during which he witnesses manifestations of Alicia's ghost and hears a young girl humming a tune. The investigation yields perplexing results: This is a fantastic development of the character Hercule Poirot, as well as the Agatha Christie franchise,” said Branagh in a statement. “Based on a complex, little known tale of mystery set at Halloween in a pictorially ravishing city, it is an amazing opportunity for us, as filmmakers, and we are relishing the chance to deliver something truly spine-chilling for our loyal movie audiences.” Who is in the cast of A Haunting In Venice? PS: In anticipation of Kenneth Branagh's 9/15/23 film adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, the trailer for which makes it look better than I recall this book read.

The crux of the story sees Poriot trying to work out was guilty of a murder that had been committed a few years ago. I must admit Kenneth Branagh who I like in some roles and not others is my least favourite characterisation of Hercule Poirot. Hallowe’en Party, Hercule Poirot #36, the second to last Poirot novel, published in 1969, and the second to last written, since Curtain was written in the forties, ready to publish when the end would finally come about (which didn’t happen for more than a quarter of a century later!). To say this is better than you’d expect is no compliment, of course, but it ust is. I had little expectations except to be happily surprised at the cleverness of some aspects of the ending, as I always am, and in that respect was not disappointed. James, Caryn (September 9, 2023). " 'A Haunting in Venice' Review: Michelle Yeoh and Tina Fey Join Kenneth Branagh in His Snoozy Agatha Christie Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023 . Retrieved September 15, 2023.A Haunting in Venice (12A)". BBFC. August 15, 2023. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023 . Retrieved August 15, 2023. Ariadne Oliver, who hates her fame and curses her detective Sven, is now desperate for fame and even uses her dear friend Poirot to get it. Hallowe'en Party is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November 1969 [1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2] [3] This book was dedicated to writer P. G. Wodehouse.