Personally, I like to think that were I trapped on the island with a serial killer I'd consider setting fire to the house, but on the other hand I would not be hampered in my actions by worrying about being exposed as a murderer. I found myself thinking even before the murders started just how unpleasant a situation it would be to have to attend a 1930s house party with a load of complete strangers on an island with no chance of escape. I'd be tempted to start a fire first thing.
(I liked And Then There Were None, but I preferred the book, I think; I found it much scarier and more effective at conveying the atmosphere of claustrophobic paranoia. I also felt that some of the changes in the adaptation weakened the plot slightly, by making more of the victims out-and-out murderers rather than those with plausible deniability; the latter feels scarier because of how they try to convince themselves and others that they haven't done anything so terrible, despite the fact that they totally have.)
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Date: 2016-01-18 10:14 pm (UTC)I found myself thinking even before the murders started just how unpleasant a situation it would be to have to attend a 1930s house party with a load of complete strangers on an island with no chance of escape. I'd be tempted to start a fire first thing.
(I liked And Then There Were None, but I preferred the book, I think; I found it much scarier and more effective at conveying the atmosphere of claustrophobic paranoia. I also felt that some of the changes in the adaptation weakened the plot slightly, by making more of the victims out-and-out murderers rather than those with plausible deniability; the latter feels scarier because of how they try to convince themselves and others that they haven't done anything so terrible, despite the fact that they totally have.)