She tried new things, yet she was very cognizant of the reasons most murders are committed: money, status and/or security, and passion. I’m amazed that people dismiss her novels as formulaic. You realize she fed you the biggest red herring ever. When you’re sure that Agatha Christie - groundbreaking as always - has written the proto-serial killer novel, she yanks the rug out from under you. There’s multiple, unconnected murders, and a strange, ambivalent character drifts through the novel under very suspicious circumstances. Although she didn’t use the phrase “serial killer” in 1936, that’s what the murderer looks to be. The ABC Murders is regarded as one of Agatha’s finest novels. Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press.Īlso, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movies on her podcast. It’s hard to fudge split-second timing and crossing town in minutes in a movie. Quality of movie on its own: 4 blunt objectsīut only because what works in prose doesn’t work on film. It’s very close to the novel minor characters and subplots are replaced by a stuffed South American alligator (aka Cedric the caiman). Summary: Teresa reviews “The ABC Murders” (1992) and finds it a better, if slightly flawed version than the Tony Randall 1965 “comedy.”
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