The killer breathes in the back of the head. Murder in a limited territory, where there is no way out, which means that the villain is somewhere nearby (they may even be a good friend of the protagonist). Such a plot move has always been a highlight of many classic detectives or thriller films. Harper Island is another attempt to beat this situation.
At the word "island" associations are instantly born. First of all, with lovely to the heart of any fan of the genre of "Ten Negroes" Lady Agatha. Remember how the killer gracefully eliminated, one after another, the guests of a certain nonexistent A. Nonym invited to the Negro island? Moreover, he acted in full accordance with the famous counting room: “Ten Indians decided to have lunch, one choked, and there were nine left ...”. Such following the scenario suggested an undoubted psychopathic component or an idea-fix, which guided the maniac. In turn, the work of Christie inspired many imitators, including the creators of the thriller "Mind Hunters". Future FBI agents were eliminated in it by rather sophisticated methods, and suspicion fell on one member of the group, then on another, and all this also happened on a piece of land cut off from the "mainland".
In serial format
Harper Island goes beyond its predecessors. This is not a full-length film, but rather rare (if not the only one of its kind) instance - a series slasher. Many crime series are based on the principle: one series is one completed business, which allows viewers to start watching from any episode of any season. Well, he won’t understand something, but in this particular case, an intruder will be detected by the end credits. The series “Harper Island” will make the television audience suffer a little, because the action around the same maniac will last 13 episodes. So, "25 people decided to celebrate the wedding ...". Something like this should start a reading room about Harper Island. A few years ago, the local population was kept in fear by a brutal killer. But the sadistic bloody path was stopped by Sheriff Mills. And not only a sense of duty moved this stern gentleman. Maniac Wakefield dealt with the wife of a law enforcement officer. As a result, 7 years ago, by the will of his father, his daughter Abby was removed from the island (away from sin). But now she is returning to the place of long-standing events as a bridesmaid. And for some reason, with the arrival of this noisy, multi-colored wedding company on Harper Island, murders resume here.
Slasher and a drop of soap
The Harper Island mini-series, the reviews of which turned out to be the most positive, started in the USA in 2009, and in the same year it was purchased for showing on TV by Canada, Ireland, Poland, Denmark and other countries. The intriguing plot was not limited only to the "maniac" line (which at first developed somewhat sluggishly: one episode was the murder of one character, but by the middle it was podzagredena and aggravated). There are also “pitfalls” inherent more likely to melodramas: the groom is a goal like a falcon, which cannot but upset the future father-in-law magnate. But bride Trish faithfully loves her Henry. Those who are called have “sympathizers”, each of whom does not have a very simple fate or a special love story. In general, the authors did the best traditions of soap operas, which, however, does not spoil Harper Island. True, it’s a little difficult to understand these intricacies (there are 25 heroes, as mentioned above, and many of them will fall at the hands of the villain). The good news is that among the unknown and vaguely familiar artists there are favorites of admirers of good TV shows. This is, first of all, Jim Beaver (Sheriff Mills). He has an impressive track record of participating in iconic telesagi. On this list is Supernatural. He played the mentor of
the Winchesters brothers Bobby Singer. Katie Cassidy (Trish) starred in the same television series. It was she who portrayed Ruby the blonde (before the role went to the brunette Genevieve, who became “in the process of shooting” the wife of Jared Padalecki).