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A Haunting in Venice

Name: A Haunting in Venice
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: 2023-09-13
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

2023 · 1h 44m · Mystery, Thriller, Crime

IMDb 6.5 Metacritic 63 RT 75%

If you're craving atmospheric mystery with gothic vibes and don't mind Poirot's eccentricities, absolutely watch this—it's got the perfect Halloween mood with a decaying Venetian palazzo and a proper locked-room murder to unravel. Skip it only if you need snappy pacing and light entertainment; this one trades thrills for intrigue and shadows.

Plot

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween 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.

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

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