Inspired by the novel Hallowe’en Party, and directed by and starring Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh as famed detective Hercule Poirot. A Haunting in Venice is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
A Haunting in Venice is the latest entry in Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot franchise, and he’s one again joined by a star-studded cast for the third part of the trilogy, this time for a horror-tinged tale. A sequel to Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, A Haunting in Venice sees Branagh reprising his role as Poirot to solve a new mystery.
Based on the Agatha Christie novel Hallowe’en Party, A Haunting in Venice sees retired Poirot trying to find the perpetrator of a murder at a séance. While the first two movies were standard murder mysteries adapted from two of Christie’s best-known classics, A Haunting in Venice is shaking up the formula with deep-cut source material and a supernatural twist.
The A Haunting in Venice release date follows Death on the Nile by just over 18 months, and it’s hardly surprising that the threequel was greenlit so quickly given how popular the series is. Michael Green, the writer of both Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, returned for the threequel, which is based on Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party. The supernatural themes of A Haunting in Venice are a departure for the franchise. Though the movie is styled more as a spooky thriller than a full-blown horror film, its paranormal elements are a first for the series.
A Haunting in Venice is an American supernatural mystery thriller film co-produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1969 novel Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie. The film serves as the sequel to Death on the Nile (2022). It stars an ensemble cast with Branagh reprising his role as Hercule Poirot, alongside Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Michelle Yeoh. A Haunting in Venice wab released in the United States on September 15, 2023, by 20th Century Studios.
A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh, Fernando Piloni
Screenplay by: Michael Green
Production Design by: John Paul Kelly
Cinematography by: Haris Zambarloukos
Film Editing by: Lucy Donaldson
Costume Design by: Sammy Sheldon
Set Decoration by: Celia Bobak
Art Direction by: Susanna Codognato, Peter Russell, Chris Stephenson
Music by: Hildur Guðnadóttir
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some strong violence, disturbing images and thematic elements.
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: September 15, 2023
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