Teresa reviews Phantom (2021) Hjerson and despite the dysfunction wealthy family hijinks keeps fixating on the dead guy in the chicken suit. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha Adjacent? 1 hired killer Yew berries figure in the plot, like they did in A Pocket Full of Rye. Otherwise nothing. Quality of movie: 3 hired killers Plot […]
Teresa reviews Blackout (2021), a two-part episode from “Hjerson” and is looking forward to seeing more, warily. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 2 garottes A closed circle of people who can’t leave the cruise ship. And Sven Hjerson, Ariadne Oliver’s creation. Quality of movie: 3 ½ garottes Plot holes galore, too much information in […]
Teresa Reviews Boarding School Murders (2023) from Les Petits Meurtres and found it a sad sendoff to a surprising engaging season. Original title: “Meurtres au Pensionnat” (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 2 knives Rose and Julie reenact Gwenda and Leonie’s life-defining moments from Sleeping Murder, along with some twisted love. Quality of movie: 2 […]
Teresa reviews Mortel Karma (2023) from the third season of Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games, and wished for less plot and more depth. a.k.a. Deadly Karma; original story (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 2½ statuettes You’ll recognize how one person receives a message while everyone else hears something different. Plus, blackmailers always get murdered. Quality […]
Teresa reviews With the Snap of a Finger (2023), (a.k.a. En un Claquement de doight) from Les Petits Muertres and wishes they had focused on the story and not on the stars. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 1½ psychics The supernatural trappings turn out to be real instead of a coverup. An unwanted son […]
Teresa reviews Meurtres du 3eme Type (2022) and saw an alternative take on a familiar Agatha Christie trope. Murders of the Third Kind; original story Free version in French (no English subtitles) can be found on YouTube. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 3 UFOs Remove the modern trappings of alien abductions and you’ll recognize […]
Teresa reviews Until Death Do Us Part (2023), an original story from the 1970s season of Les Petits Muertres d’Agatha Christie, and thought the scissor-killings cut out a hole in the plot. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 2½ scissors She’d do this; have an opportunistic villain piggyback onto someone else’s series of murders. Muddying […]
Teresa reviews Dying on Stage (2021) and found too many plot thread hanging around like broken guitar strings. (Mourir sur Scène) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent? 3 falling spotlights You should recognize the plot device from Peril at End House; both in how the primary murder victim dies and who the true villain is. […]
Teresa reviews When the Mice Play (2021), an original story from Les Petits Muertres and enjoyed spotting the Agatha-adjacent tropes. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel (Quand les Souris Dansent) Agatha adjacent? 3 stranglers This original story includes a callback to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and the main suspect’s situation recalls three other novels. Quality of […]
Teresa reviews The Hollow (2021), a French version of “The Hollow” in which the plot is jettisoned in favor of comic and tragic love stories. (Le Vallon) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 1½ guns The murderer remains the same, the main victim is still a cheating egoist, but everything else in the novel […]