'A Haunting in Venice' is a mix of mystery, murder, and horror

Agatha Christie murder mystery who done it is coming to a theater near you. It is called a haunting in Venice It marks the third time Kenneth Branagh plays the fictional Belgium detective at the heart of many of her novels But I also directed this film and he has assembled an all-star Ensemble Tina Fey plays opposite him and Michelle Yeoh Appears as a medium who claims that she can get in touch with the dead I would eyewitness entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon is here now to review the movie Sandy Lauren and Dave this spooky new film is a good fit for Halloween Even though the ghosts and goblins of course don't come out for another six weeks Picture was inspired by a story first published more than half a century ago Towards the end of mystery writer Agatha Christie's life all of which left me wondering how this would play for a younger generation So I enlisted a friend of mine from England to help me review a haunting in Venice watch Discovering who done it finding out who committed murder is only part of the fun of a haunting in Venice Where a palazzo is the setting for tragedy it holds voices whispers sobbing Detective Hercule Poirot who's been asked to investigate by a famous writer is convinced There is a logical explanation for all this and the sleuth played by Kenneth Branagh tells Tina Fey's character He doesn't believe in the supernatural Poirot is most suspicious of a psychic played by Michelle Yeoh I must tell you madam. I have been all my life uncharmed by your kind my kind To pray on the vulnerable now, but her seance leaves him unsure and Questioning what's real and what isn't and that's kind of how you feel in the audience You're kind of like wondering whether this could be possible Murray Lee has more than a quarter of a million followers on tik-tok where she and her sister Elodie review books So she grabbed her copy of the mystery that inspired this movie and went to an early screening Considering the time of year and the fact that we're going to Halloween season It's the perfect film to watch with your friends perfect she says because Branagh who also directed this film has Elevated the murder mystery genre and given it a modern twist and he's made it relevant for your generation All right, it certainly has it makes the audience like genuinely on the edge of the seat for the whole time There's Murray the whodunit is a genre born in Britain, but our teen critic out of Brighton, England confesses It's not her favorite genre Lee praises this mystery for mixing in supernatural elements that kept her interested and she also appreciates the star power on screen in a Haunting in Venice. It's in theaters now distributed by Disney owned by the same parent company as ABC 7 Dave and Lauren