A Haunting In Venice

20th Century Studios

When the first Kenneth Branagh Hercule Poirot film, Murder on the Orient Express, was announced, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. I grew up watching David Suchet as Agatha Christie's little Belgian detective, and I couldn't see how Branagh would fit the role. And then I watched it. It was dark, and suspenseful, and more than a little heartbreaking, but Branagh's Poirot was actually quite good. Next came Death on the Nile, another dark and sinister story that made for a good movie. The latest film is A Haunting in Venice, based on Agatha Christie's Hallowe'en Party. This looks like the spookiest one yet.

Here's the official synopsis from 20th Century Studios:

“A Haunting in Venice” is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, “A Haunting in Venice” 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 arrives in theaters on September 15th.