Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting In Venice to hit cinemas this Friday

This Friday 15 September will see the cinematic release of British actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation- A Haunting In Venice.

The film stars Branagh, who reprises his role as Hercules Poirot, alongside Tina Fey, taking the role of mystery novelist Adriane Oliver.

Also featuring are Irish actors Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill, the child star of Branagh’s Oscar-nominated Belfast.

Set in 1940s Venice and depicting a murder at a seance, the film is said to have a “satisfyingly creepy, supernatural mood”-fitting in the lead up to Halloween.

(L-R): Riccardo Scamarcio as Vitale Portfoglio, Camille Cottin as Olga Seminoff, Jude Hill as Leopold Ferrier, Tina Fey as Ariadne Oliver, Kelly Reilly as Rowena Drake, Emma Laird as Desdemona Holland, Ali Khan as Nicholas Holland, and Kyle Allen as Maxime Gerard in 20th Century Studios' A HAUNTING IN VENICE. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Accompanying the eeriness is a score from Icelandic composer, Hildur Guðnadóttir, who previously won an Oscar for her work on Tod Phillp’s Joker.

“It was wonderful to work with Kenneth, he’s such an incredibly lovely person,” said Guðnadóttir.

“He’s very eloquent, articulate and clear in his direction. It’s a great experience to work in that way, when you’re collaborating with someone who knows exactly where he’s going, and he’s able to communicate that so clearly.”

“Kenneth was very concentrated on the sound and he felt the music was very important. He wanted it to be rather abstract, atonal and quite small in scope,” added the composer. “He didn’t [want] big orchestral suites – he wanted these enclosed moments where things were very right and up close.”

Touching on the thought process behind the score, Guðnadóttir states-“We were concentrating on the sounds the house was making and the weather outside. The story is set up in a way that by focusing on the personal stories, and this one location and these claustrophobic feelings, we’re also looking at a larger worldview – it’s how the characters see things.”

A Haunting In Venice is out in cinemas Friday 15 September. Watch the trailer below.