12/01/2025
🎬 POIROT: A CHRISTMAS AT GREYSTONE MANOR (2026)
⭐ Kenneth Branagh (Hercule Poirot) • Olivia Colman (Lady Beatrice Greystone) • Dev Patel (Inspector Harrington) • Anya Taylor-Joy (Evelyn Hartwell) • Ralph Fiennes (Lord Greystone)
🎄 Classic Murder Mystery • Elegant • Snowy English Estate
💫 “In the season of goodwill… murder leaves no holiday.”
Snow blankets the English countryside as Hercule Poirot is invited to the grand Greystone Manor for a private Christmas gala hosted by the illustrious Greystone family. The estate glitters with candles, carols, priceless heirlooms—and a tension so sharp Poirot can feel it before he even removes his coat.
What should be a charming holiday retreat becomes a locked-room nightmare when a body is found on Christmas Eve.
⭐ THE VICTIM
Lord Reginald Greystone, the cold, calculating patriarch, is discovered dead in his study—
doors locked, windows sealed, no footprints in the snow.
The only clue: a shattered ornament, smeared with blood, lying beside him.
Rumors swirl:
• Was it his disgraced daughter, Evelyn?
• His fearful wife, Lady Beatrice?
• His ambitious business partner?
• Or someone hiding behind the cheerful glow of the season?
Inspector Harrington arrives from London—but in a case of secrets wrapped in tinsel, he quickly turns to Poirot.
⭐ THE GUESTS — EACH WITH A MOTIVE
1. Lady Beatrice Greystone (Olivia Colman)
Long-suffering wife.
Gentle, polite… yet hiding decades of bruising truths.
2. Evelyn Hartwell (Anya Taylor-Joy)
The black sheep daughter who fled years ago.
Returned only because of a mysterious letter from her father.
3. Samuel Whitmore
Lord Greystone’s business partner.
Facing financial ruin if Reginald changed his will.
4. Jonathan Greystone
The eldest son—charming, entitled, and terrified of losing his inheritance.
5. Mrs. Blythe
The housekeeper, who knows everyone’s secrets… including her own.
A storm traps everyone inside the manor.
No one can leave.
And Poirot suspects the killer is growing desperate.
⭐ THE CLUES — ALL DECEITFULLY FESTIVE
Poirot finds:
• A trail of glitter from the shattered ornament
• A missing fireplace poker
• A scorched telegram in the hearth
• Two wine glasses—one poisoned, one untouched
• And a single line scribbled on Reginald’s calendar:
“Midnight. Evelyn.”
But Poirot knows better.
Clues lie.
But people reveal themselves.
⭐ THE CHRISTMAS EVE SHOWDOWN
At midnight, during the manor’s annual candle procession, Poirot gathers the guests.
Snow howls outside.
The lights flicker.
Poirot begins his reveal.
Reginald was planning to disown his children and sell the family estate, destroying generations of legacy. He invited everyone home for Christmas to announce it—
a final cruelty.
The killer?
Lady Beatrice, his wife.
She placed poison in his wine, intending only to make him ill.
But Reginald, ever suspicious, swapped glasses—unknowingly sealing his own fate.
The broken ornament? Beatrice’s panicked attempt to stage a struggle.
Poirot speaks gently:
💬 “Madame… you wished only to protect your children.
But in doing so, you orphaned them from the truth.”
Beatrice collapses in grief.
Inspector Harrington arrests her with compassion.
⭐ THE ENDING — A QUIET CHRISTMAS MORNING
The storm clears.
Evelyn and her brother attempt reconciliation.
Poirot, touched by their fragile bond, leaves them with a final thought:
💬 “The holidays reveal the best of us…
and sometimes, the worst.
But truth, like Christmas light, will always shine through the dark.”
Poirot steps out into the snow-lit dawn, his mustache frosted with winter crystals, boarding a carriage back to London as bells ring across the countryside.
A classic Agatha Christie–style Christmas mystery: atmospheric, tense, elegant, and emotionally rich—perfect for fans of Poirot’s meticulous brilliance.
