Identity

Identity is a classic crime chiller heavily inspired by one of Agatha Christie's best novels, "Ten Little Niggers". This genre piece, however, has a rather unexpected twist that saves it from the ordinary.

A group of people are stranded at a remote motel because of a storm that has flooded the road on both sides of the motel. A woman, Alice, is in mortal danger after being run over by the chauffeur Ed, who works for the actress Caroline Suzanne. Policeman Rhodes, who is transporting a dangerous prisoner, also checks in at the motel.

Ed, who has a past as a policeman, is the most decisive and also has the best overview when it turns out that there is a killer on the loose. It turns out not to be the most obvious candidate, as first assumed. One by one the guests are murdered, and since the group is completely cut off from the outside world, the killer can only be one of those present. Gradually panic and a sense of helplessness spread.

There is a film noir atmosphere in the rain-soaked darkness, and the mounting dread and the claustrophobic feeling help make Identity a rather effective thriller.