Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

blanche-2 It's been ages since I read Peril at End House, but apparently, this filmed adaptation has been changed only slightly from the actual story.While staying at a Cornish resort, Poirot and Hastings meet a beautiful young woman, Magdala "Nick" Buckley (Polly Walker). She tells them that she's had a series of strange accidents lately. Poirot has reason to believe that someone is trying to kill her. When she leaves, she forgets her hat, and Poirot notices a bullet hole in it -- while sitting with them, she had been annoyed by a bee. Poirot points out to Hastings that it was a bullet, and actually finds it.Concerned, Poirot becomes concerned with protecting Nick. One night, when she returns to her home to get something, her cousin, who was wearing Nick's coat, is killed. Nick tells Poirot that she doesn't care if she lives or dies, which Poirot finds a strange statement. She is put in a nursing home for her own protection.Poirot then realizes that an aviator, whose trip has been followed by the media, is lost at sea, and that Nick was engaged to him. In the interim, his uncle has died -- meaning that Nick has probably come into a huge fortune. With the motive for the attempts on her life, Poirot sets out to find the will and the killer. He uncovers a lot more than that.Really excellent, entertaining story, lushly produced, with Suchet perfection as Poirot. Hastings is pretty dumb in this one. Miss Lemon, as played by Pauline Moran, is a delight.I figured this story out for the most part, but it's because my subconscious remembered it. It is a very intriguing mystery and you will be entertained by it.

Robert J. Maxwell David Suchet as Poirot, and Hugh Frazer as Captain Hastings, take a vacation at a resort in Cornwall, where they meet Magdalena "Nick" Buckley, the beautiful young woman with the startling gray eyes (Polly Walker) who lives in the mansion called End House next door. The three are having tea al fresco when Nick, waving her fingers, complains about the bees that fly right in front of your face. She seems to be having a run of bad luck lately because she's barely escaped two accidents (runaway car, falling boulder) that would have been fatal.After she leaves, Poirot reveals that he has copped her bonnet. It has a bullet hole through it. It wasn't a pesky bee after all, it was a bullet, and to prove it Poirot produces the bullet, identifying it as having come from a Mauser.This initiates a quiet investigation by Poirot and his sidekick. Nick had recently written a will before her appendicitis operation. Could the motive be money? Ah, but not. Nick may be living in End House but she is almost penniless and will soon have to move out. Except that her derring-do fiancé now dies in a plane crash and leaves her millions.At Poirot's urging, Nick invites her cousin Maggie to stay with her in End House, along with a few friends already there. But, helas, Maggie borrows a dress from Nick and is shot one night and killed, evidently by accident.Then it gets more complicated and I don't want to go on about it. You know how Agatha Christie's plots work -- everybody seems to be a suspect. And, as often happens, there is some subsidiary or embedded criminal activity involved too -- such as forging a will or trafficking in cocaine -- which tends to throw off the pursuit of the murderer.In the end (and hereabouts there be spoilers), Poirot reveals that both "Nick" and her cousin "Maggie" had the same first names -- Magdalena -- a family tradition. And Poirot reveals that the love letters from the derring-do aviator, as well as his will leaving everything to Magdalena, were intended NOT for "Nick" but for the now defunct cousin "Maggie," whom Nick herself deliberately murdered. The atrociously good-looking Nick sneers, calls everyone stupid, admits the murder, and goes off to snuff herself.This is one of those stories that has holes you could drive a Peterbilt 18-wheeler through.Question. Okay, they're sitting outside having tea and a bullet whizzes through Nick's bonnet. Who fired that shot? She's been faking all those attempts on her life, so who shot at her? And how does Poirot, without ever getting out of his chair, produce the pristine Mauser slug that barely missed Mlle. Nick's noggin? Magic? Or magnets.Question. At the end, Poirot produces the love letters addressed to Magdalena, and the aviator's will leaving everything to Magdalena. How does he know that they were really addressed to the other DEAD Magdalena, the cousin with whom the aviator was in love? Poirot and the police don't have a shred of evidence. (Evidence always comes in "shreds" and is a dichotomous variable -- you either have a shred or, more often, you don't have a shred. Nobody ever has half a shred.) It's all conjectural. Yet, as in a Columbo episode, the real murderer throws up his hands on such flimsy speculation and says, "Okay, you got me." The location filming is splendid and the acting is professionally competent and Polly Walker is so succulent that she should have done a gratuitous nude scene, but this plot won't hold water. Usually we can ignore holes in the story but in this case they are so in-your-face that they thrust themselves into your awareness. Or maybe not. I don't know. But I don't think of this as one of Dame Agatha's better-built narratives.

cheryl-toh Usually you get a few noticeable clues in each Poirot episode which enables you to solve some (if not most or all) of the puzzle before Poirot reveals all.Not so in this exciting tale (the clues are extremely subtle) but "Peril At End House" is still great fun. There are several twists which will leave you guessing till the end.It is also worth mentioning the scenery in this episode, which is simply marvellous! Fans of Hastings, Japp and Miss Lemon certainly won't be disappointed as they all have significant roles in "End House".

Chris-268 One of the very few well made TV movies produced in the last 10 years, Peril at End House features the wonderful David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, along with the other regulars from the A&E series (Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Inspector Japp, and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon). This film also marks the debut of the divine Ms. Polly Walker (the most beautiful actress that almost nobody has heard of). She plays Nick Buckley, the owner of End House that someone is trying to murder!I am a huge fan of the Poirot Series, and this two hour installment is truly a delight. It features beautiful scenery, a well paced and engaging story, and solid acting from almost every cast member. Suchet is THE perfect Poirot, even better than Peter Ustinov, whom I also love. There are several plot twists typical to a Christie story, but these will surprise a neophyte to her work.Finally, how beautiful is Polly Walker! It's truly a shame that actresses like her and Helena Bonham Carter aren't in more mainstream movies. For Polly Walker fans this movie is a must see!