{"id":597,"date":"2018-02-05T08:38:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T08:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2023-10-10T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:43:12","slug":"killed-by-eye-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Killed by Eye Drops!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, has been poisoned&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p>It appears that someone laced his regular insulin injection with eserine from his eye drops&#8230;&#8230;This is the premise for\u00a0Agatha Christie&#8217;s Crooked House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0788BN2MJ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B0788BN2MJ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=adc5140b95ccd4c01471e667214554b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-598 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b6d9d232-996c-4032-b69b-8fcf9416000f.jpg\" alt=\"b6d9d232-996c-4032-b69b-8fcf9416000f\" width=\"315\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b6d9d232-996c-4032-b69b-8fcf9416000f.jpg 315w, https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b6d9d232-996c-4032-b69b-8fcf9416000f-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The old mans grandaughter, Sophia, is convinced he has been murdered\u00a0by a member of their idiosyncratic family. She hires her ex-lover, a\u00a0spy-turned-private-detective to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Hayward, played by Max Irons,\u00a0arrives at the crooked house of the title and discovers a sprawling estate filled with bitterness, resentment and jealousy.<\/p>\n<p>I knew nothing about this classic Agatha Christie story when I sat down to watch it, other than the fact it had an all-star cast. The top billing in this twisted tale, according to my listing magazine, was given to Gillian Anderson. However, I found Glenn Close to be much more prominent as the family matriarch Lady Edith de Haviland. Other notable names included Terence Stamp, Amanda Abbington,\u00a0Stefanie Martini and Christina Hendricks.<\/p>\n<p>With such an obnoxious family it was difficult to like any of the characters. Consequently, this film will not make it onto my list of favourite Agatha Christie adaptaions.<\/p>\n<p>But make up your own mind by checking it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0788BN2MJ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B0788BN2MJ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=adc5140b95ccd4c01471e667214554b4\">on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, has been poisoned&#8230;. It appears that someone laced his regular insulin injection with eserine from his eye drops&#8230;&#8230;This is the premise for\u00a0Agatha Christie&#8217;s Crooked House. The old mans grandaughter, Sophia, is convinced he has been murdered\u00a0by a member of their idiosyncratic family. 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