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FilmPG-132023
A Haunting in Venice
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
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. From TMDB
238 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 24, 2026 · last updated Oct 30, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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A Haunting in Venice is a 2023 mystery thriller crime film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen and Camille Cottin.
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60 of 238 · most liked firstWe watched A Haunting in Venice last night, a movie I love. I think this is the fourth time I've seen it. I think scary, ghostly murder mysteries with snappy dialog are my favorites. Also, Michelle Yeoh in a great part.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally watched —and loved— A HAUNTING IN VENICE tonight (no idea why I waited so long. I would pay top dollar for a streaming service that let me have one new Poirot and Knives Out movie like every 12-18 months, with maybe a Paddington film every year at the holidays.
positive · AI labelView post →It's #LetterboxdFriday! Of these movies I would recommend A Haunting in Venice, it was the best of the three and I liked the mood, story and crazy angles. Horror in the High Desert you should watch like the first 15 minutes and the last 20 minutes or so. #LastFourWatched
positive · AI labelView post →‘A Haunting In Venice’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Brings a Supernatural Dimension to His Hercule Poirot Series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the new Poirot movie, A Haunting In Venice Was rather good, slightly spooky and atmospheric for a murder mystery.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching A HAUNTING IN VENICE and it’s a shame they only had that one fisheye lens to shoot the whole movie
negative · AI labelView post →A Haunting in Venice was fun. The kind of non-superhero, non-prestige, entertaining mid-budget movie made for adults that they used to make a lot more of.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm at the movie theater to see A Haunting in Venice and I think my husband and I are the only non-employees in the building. This is really fucking weird, especially for a Saturday night.
neutral · AI labelView post →Since @brixpup.bsky.social didn’t update y’all. We watched A Haunting in Venice last night. A new thriller/Murder Mystery with Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, and Kelly Reilly. 7.5/10, not enough scenes with Michelle Yeoh, but overall really good!
positive · AI labelView post →The palazzo in the centre of this is the one that the Agatha Christie film ‘A Haunting in Venice’ is set in. Quite fitting that we should be wandering past on halloween (which is absolutely crazy in Venice, big gangs of children going into cafes and shops and demanding caramelli).
neutral · AI labelView post →#SpookySunday A Haunting in Venice is the third film with Kenneth Branagh as Poirot, loosely based on A Halloween Party by Agatha Christie. I haven't read the novel, but found the film pleasingly ghostly. Dodgy mediums, dead children, PTSD, and grief, avoid slipping from drama to pantomime.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching a Haunting in Venice, and the shots and acting are great, but whoever edited this movie made each shot barely 10 seconds long. Like, it's a mystery movie but they don't give us enough time to see if a shit has a clue in it!!!!
negative · AI labelView post →Just saw A HAUNTING IN VENICE and it was shot so much like a horror film with atmosphere and supernatural flavouring and ghosts and jumpscares that I think it should count in my list of #100HorrorMoviesin92Days... Horror/Mystery for sure. I don't know how I feel about it yet.
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone I work with said a Haunting in Venice sounded boring just from me saying “it’s a mystery movie that is also spooky” and I have never felt less connected to a person in my life. Idk if the movie is good yet but “mystery+”spooky” would make me do the Fry fistful of dollars meme for any movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that A Haunting In Venice plays like the movie a franchise makes to desperately reset. It brings in a fan favorite character and it feels like they dumped the people who blew it last time. And the movie is from the same writer while Kenneth Branagh still directs and makes a perfect Poirot.
positive · AI labelView post →Here’s my review of A HAUNTING IN VENICE — a better horror story than whodunit, which is just fine with me.
positive · AI labelView post →I've no snobbery against movie tie-in editions of books, but am absolutely losing there's an edition of Hallowe'en Party that's been retitled A Haunting in Venice when, and this is kind of a big thing, the book is not set in Venice. Or outside the UK.
neutral · AI labelView post →october horror movie marathon 📽️ #13: A HAUNTING IN VENICE (2023) directed by Kenneth Branagh screenplay by Michael Green based on a novel by Agatha Christie starring Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Emma Laird, Jude Hill
neutral · AI labelView post →Occasionally, I have to pinch myself that I have a job that allows me to write sentences like the one below. “Like “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3” and “Fast X”, [“A Haunting in Venice”] is a movie about an absent God.” (It’s also 100% true.) https://t.co/Z56Z9lDCOX
neutral · AI labelView post →Daughter and I had such a lovely time in Venice. Last night we watched "A Haunting in Venice" again because seeing that film gave us the idea of going. I've suggested to daughter that we watch "Don't Look Now" together as well.
positive · AI labelView post →Today's Halloween movie is, A HAUNTING IN VENICE!
neutral · AI labelView post →FILM REVIEW: A HAUNTING IN VENICE - ⭐⭐⭐ "A different yet solid instalment to a promising cinematic universe. But the film’s general lack of charisma and smarts fail to lift this whodunit."
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice for The Film Verdict 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Film library (1264): - Not including Documentaries, which is a separate library 12 Angry Men (1957) 1917 (2019) 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 2010 (1984) 28 Days Later (2002) 28 Weeks Later (2007) 28 Years Later (2025) 28 Years Later - The Bone Temple (2026) 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 300 (2007) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie (2016) Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994) Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls (1995) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tangent on most recent reskeets: I have a complicated relationship to Branagh's Poirot films, but A HAUNTING IN VENICE has Roma people as a plot point and the film *does not use the G word*, even though it would likely have been used in that time period. We can choose to reduce harm, always.
positive · AI labelView post →yep I think A Haunting In Venice is my new fav Poirot film, it's a banger
positive · AI labelView post →Our NON-SPOILER review of A Haunting in Venice on Breakfast All Day #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Full Breakfast All Day review coming soon, but here’s my out-of-the-theater reaction to A Haunting in Venice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have now watched A Haunting in Venice. It is a completely ridiculous film and I enjoyed it immensely. It's set in 1947 and female characters are regularly addressed and referred to as "Ms.," including once in a newspaper headline.
positive · AI labelView post →Didn’t like it, and the original “Death on the Nile,” Peter Ustinov’s first time as Poirot was so good that I would never watch the remake. But, “A Haunting in Venice,” with Branagh, which was an adaptation of a Christie story that I don’t think has ever been made into a movie was pretty good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Early in the conflict of A HAUNTING IN VENICE, Poirot tells us: The truth is sad. Though the movie throws out Dame Agatha's politics of HALLOWE'EN PARTY, the gothic horror mystery on screen is effective and, yes, haunting. msemilyedwards.com/2025/10/28/s...
positive · AI labelView post →Watching A Haunting in Venice as I wrap up things before the holiday. It's the anti-season movie: today is hot & quiet while it's dark, gloomy, spooky, wet & full of jump scares. The best of Branagh's Poirots, rewritten to suit his view of the character as tormented. Tina Fey also amazing.
positive · AI labelView post →A Haunting in Venice is the best Branagh Poirot movie so far, let him make 1 a year imo
positive · AI labelView post →Excited this just randomly got dropped on hulu. 🎥 A Haunting in Venice
neutral · AI labelView post →Hubby and I had a double date with friends tonight. Mexican food and then we saw "A Haunting in Venice". I liked the movie!
positive · AI labelView post →The A Haunting in Venice was so good! It's definitely the perfect movie for someone who likes and doesn't like horror movies. Can highly recommend 😊
positive · AI labelView post →Halloween movies continue! Now watching: “A Haunting in Venice” Brand new, so no advanced take (or spoilers), but while not really a horror film, it does offer a fun, mysterious, gothic vibe that plays well this time of year. A fun Saturday afternoon watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Tomorrow on Patreon: beware of mediums, ghosts, and run down palazzos because we are headed to Venice for Kenneth Brannagh's third Hercule Poirot film, A HAUNTING IN VENICE. Subscribe here: www.patreon.com/horrorqueers
neutral · AI labelView post →Last movie seen (in theater): A HAUNTING IN VENICE Last book read: RETURN OF THE JEDI: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW Last TV show watched: AHSOKA
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s movie: Kenneth Branagh’s A HAUNTING IN VENICE
neutral · AI labelView post →The British Film Designers Guild Awards' Planet Positive Award award went to Good Omens. The award recognizes sustainability in production design. Other nominees were A Haunting in Venice, Cobra Rebellion, Hijack, Sløborn, The Continental & The Crown. britishfilmdesigners.com/awards/award...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hulu is gonna launch A HAUNTING IN VENICE on Halloween. Really enjoyed this one (in great part to Tina Fey) and it will make for a perfect pick that night, especially if you like your scary movies on the mild side!
positive · AI labelView post →Film review - A Haunting in Venice (2023) johnnyalucard.com/2023/09/30/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →A Haunting in Venice was pretty good actually, probably the best of the three Branagh films. I just switch off my knowledge of the books at this point and have a good time. That being said, I think the marketing of this film as a horror (esp. the trailer) was entirely misleading.
neutral · AI labelView post →A HAUNTING IN VENICE is fine! Branagh likes his aggressive shot compositions, but the film benefits from a smaller cast and not trying to green screen in a pyramid.
neutral · AI labelView post →Death on the Nile should have ended the careers of everyone involved. Gawdawful movie with intrusive digital noodling. (A Haunting in Venice is surprisingly good, but Halloween Party is one of the worst Poirots and they threw away most of it)
positive · AI labelView post →watching the greatest movie ever made (A Haunting in Venice)
positive · AI labelView post →Finished my Kenneth Branagh Poirot marathon w/ A Haunting in Venice. I LOVED seeing Tina Fey in this kind of role. Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal as always. This film is just as good as Orient Express. The switch to horror in this series is a welcomed change. Fantastic film.
positive · AI labelView post →Now Watching: #AHauntingInVenice Another outstanding outing in the series filled with great performances that leans into the chills and thrills of supernatural horror. #Poirot
positive · AI labelView post →My ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of A Haunting in Venice on Letterboxd!
positive · AI labelView post →Movie a day! Fixed everything wrong with the second picture. I dug it, but this has to be the last one, right? 📽 #Filmsky A Haunting in Venice on Letterboxd boxd.it/67AGOZ
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatched 'A Haunting in Venice' and I love this ridiculous movie so much. POIROT: You have awakened the bear and you cannot be upset when he tangos. ARIADNE OLIVER: That doesn't mean anything in any language. POIROT: We continue.
positive · AI labelView post →A movie this week, since we watched a few over the holidays, including a couple of mysteries. A Haunting in Venice gets back to the subject of dubious psychics. www.imdb.com/title/tt2268...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching A Haunting in Venice. Even 20 mins in it's far better than the god awful Death on the Nile. Points off for a chance to make the classic Poirot/parrot joke and not taking it.
positive · AI labelView post →A Haunting in Venice is… really, really good? If Kenneth Branagh could make a good Poirot film this whole time, what was up with the previous two?
positive · AI labelView post →Currently watching A Haunting in Venice and it's really fucking weird to be how this film was marketed. It's a Poirot film. Christie through and through. But I remember seeing the trailer at the cinema and it was sold as a horror movie with zero mention of Poirot. Idk if they didn't think they
neutral · AI labelView post →Today on Film Stories, I’m writing about horror, specifically the seance. Connecting both A HAUNTING IN VENICE & TALK TO ME, I argue what the modern seance picture is about. filmstories.co.uk/features/a-h...
neutral · AI labelView post →The big movie this week is "A Haunting in Venice," in which Kenneth Branagh returns as director and as detective Hercule Poirot, probing a seance and murder. Branagh's fun, so is Tina Fey, but the supernatural element doesn't quite work alongside Poirot's analytical brain. (Theaters.) 1/4
neutral · AI labelView post →A HAUNTING IN VENICE is so-so as a mystery or an ersatz horror movie, but it’s fascinating as an artifact of late-stage blockbusterism. Review is up at Boston Hassle! bostonhassle.com/review-a-hau...
neutral · AI labelView post →seeing Angela Schanelec's new film Music this evening. only got acquainted with her work in early 2020, but i was immediately taken. would happily place her among the very best and most personally inspiring filmmakers working today. and i may follow that up with A Haunting in Venice.
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