A Haunting in Venicedirected by Kenneth Branagh | |
| Category: |
"Suspense" |
|---|---|
| Year of Release: | 2023 |
| Date Added: | 10/03/2023 |
| Date Watched: | 10/03/2023 |
| Description: | Mystery writer Ariadne (Tina Fey) coaxes Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) out of retirement to investigate the death of a young woman in a supposedly haunted house in Venice. Poirot is convinced the medium (Michelle Yeoh) is a fake, and he proves it. But when she is killed shortly after the seance, and then a resident doctor also is found with a knife in his back, Poirot probes further. He discovers that the dead girl's mother, Rowena, was poisoning her slowly, not to kill her but to keep her at home. A nurse, not knowing what was going on, gave her a larger dose which let to her death. Poirot proves that Rowena killed the medium because she thought she'd discovered what really happened. And then she killed the doctor because she thought he knew and was blackmailing her. Poirot decides to come out of retirement, although he's also not sure whether me may have seen some real haunted house stuff. |
| My Rating: | 6 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2023-10-03 17:21:55
