Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha Christieliterary work· published 1969
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Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver has been invited to a Hallowe’en party at Woodleigh Common. One of the other guests is an adolescent girl known for telling tall tales of murder and intrigue -- and for being generally unpleasant. But when the girl, Joyce, is found drowned in an apple-bobbing tub, Mrs Oliver wonders after the fictional nature of the girl’s claim that she had once witnessed a murder. Which of the party guests wanted to keep her quiet is a question for Ariadne’s friend Hercule Poirot. But unmasking a killer this Hallowe’en is not going to be easy -- for there isn’t a soul in Woodleigh who believes the late little storyteller was actually murdered.
Adaptations (2)
Hallowe'en Party has been adapted 2 times, across television film and film, from 2010 to 2023. The most recent is A Haunting in Venice (2023).
Hallowe'en Party2010 · television film · 89 min · dir. Charlie Palmer · IMDb ↗IMDb7.8During a village's Hallowe'en party, a young girl boasts of having witnessed a murder from years before. No one believes her tale until her body is found later on in the evening, drowned in the apple-bobbing bucket.
A Haunting in Venice2023 · film · 103 min · dir. Kenneth Branagh · IMDb ↗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.
