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Summary: Anyone can have a bad day
Review: One of the weaker of the Poirot series, "Peril at End House" starts out promisingly enough as Poirot and Hastings arrive for a vacation on the Cornwall Riviera. The early sequences in their luxurious, Art Deco hotel are prime for the series, and whenever the film pauses to soak up the atmosphere, it's entertaining enough. Things start to slip once the story starts. The mystery is not terribly compelling and the solution pretty obvious. (Even Poirot admits as much when he suddenly figures out the key to the crime.) The pace throughout is uneven and distended. The disc also rather bizarrely includes the "to be continued" title at the end of the first half, as well as the introductory credits to the second. While the programs were no doubt aired in two parts, none of the other features released by Acorn so far have kept the titles. They are obtrusive less for themselves than for the reminder they give us that the story itself is split in two, with the redoubtable Miss Lemmon arriving in the second half to give Poirot information that she just as easily could have provided in a telegram. While Miss Lemmon does figure prominently in the concluding scenes, her presence never really makes sense. Both she and Chief Inspector Japp have little to do but hang around, waiting for Poirot to solve the crime. The ramshackle plotting doesn't prevent a few winning moments, chiefly the by-play between the regulars. Unfortunately, the rest of the characters are not terribly interesting, and in a couple of cases (a supposedly Australian couple living on the grounds of the protagonist's estate, for example) are downright obnoxious. The Cornwall locations are lovely, although even the visual style of the episode seems just a bit "off," with the production design a tad tacky by the standards of the rest of the series. In the best episodes of "Poirot," story, design, character and atmosphere work in harmony. Here, bits and pieces are constantly sticking out as we wait for events to sort out. It feels less like a mystery than a muddle.
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Summary: One of the better Suchet Poirot episodes...
Review: Peril at End House is a clever who-dunnit with an interesting twist. The protagonist is clever indeed... The episode stars Poirot's usual friends, and the very beautiful Polly Walker (Emma, Enchanted April) as "Nick" Buckley in one of her earlier roles (she was 24 then). The episode is set on the south-west coast of England - a beautiful back-drop, although most people living there haven't heard of Poirot, much to his annoyance! The location (St. Looe) is actually close to that of another holiday murder, "Evil Under the Sun" (the book, not the film). Poirot: "I can't eat these eggs - they're not the same size!"
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Really Suspenseful, you dont know who it is until the very end
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Summary: Poirot - Peril at End House DVD
Review: Wow! What a great DVD. I just happened to finish reading this book when I found the DVD for sale at amazon. It's a fantastic story. You'll never guess, "who done it." And Suchet is the finest Poirot an avid Agatha Christie fan could ask for!
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Summary: Poirot - Peril at End House DVD
Review: Wow! What a great DVD. I just happened to finish reading this book when I found the DVD for sale at amazon. It's a fantastic story. You'll never guess, "who done it." And Suchet is the finest Poirot an avid Agatha Christie fan could ask for!
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