So the killer was calling from inside the house… Scroll down for the victims, the murderer, the blackmailer(s), the connivers and the conspirators. I’ve bolded the key information if you just want to scan. (My review is here.) There are three murders in the building: of Alicia Drake (which takes place well before our visit);… Whodunnit or woohoodunnit? A Haunting In Venice explained Read More
A Haunting in Venice 3.5 stars
Hercule Poirot is dragged out of retirement to investigate the murder of a famous medium during a séance at a haunted palazzo. (Note: for my plot-re-cap go here) “I talk to ghosts all the time. They say you’re a fake.” says the hilariously precocious young Leopold, who prefers Edgar Allan Poe to parties and calls… A Haunting in Venice Read More
WOOOOOOdunnit? Spooky Agatha Christie tale starts filming in time for Halloween…
Hercule Poirot is to return — in a little-known story of seances and ghosts. Maybe this time his famous moustache will start twirling all by itself? Production on 20th Century Studios’ “ Haunting in Venice, an unsettling supernatural-thriller inspired by Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, is set to begin next month. The film will open in… WOOOOOOdunnit? Spooky Agatha Christie tale starts filming in time for Halloween… Read More
Trick Or Treat 3 stars
I loved the characters in Halloween crime thriller Trick Or Treat, particularly new dad and ex-criminal Greg – who moans so much about the dullness of life with a wife and new baby he doesn’t even let up while driving round with brutal henchman Clarence in a quest to find his ne’er-do-well brother Dan, and… Trick Or Treat Read More
Salt (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars
“Just stay inside the circle” says a mother to her dangerously sick daughter, as she has to leave the girl in their bedroom, the bed surrounded by a circle of salt, to go downstairs and find her medicines. Made on a tiny budget and released just in time too scare your socks off at Halloween,… Salt (Short Film) Read More
Halloween Trailer: 40 Years On – Do You Still Believe In The Bogeyman?
“You don’t believe in the bogeyman? You should” says Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) ominously. And if I didn’t before this trailer, I sure as hell do now. I LITERALLY jumped up from my seat at the babysitter-closet scene in this trailer, and as I’m an editor you can be sure I will always use… Halloween Trailer: 40 Years On – Do You Still Believe In The Bogeyman? Read More
Hotel Transylvania 3.5 stars
Let’s face it, really all a top notch kids’ movie needs is at least one excellent fart joke, a running time of around 90 minutes and a story where good triumphs over evil. But mainly, an excellent fart joke. Actually I’d happily take these criteria for any movie, whichever age group it’s aimed at. But Hotel Transylvania – the animated… Hotel Transylvania Read More