My friend looks for a movie. Probably late 70s / 80s to 1990. The plot such a bit in the convention of Poirot or “Killed to Death.” Several strangers are invited to some sort of party on the top floor of a massive hotel. A typical American apartment for the rich people (like from the TV series “Dynasty.”). Naturally, the host does not show up, and as it turns out the apartment becomes a trap.
The heroes by means of deduction come to an explanation of the situation, what connects them to the mysterious host. I remember that they watched some video on VHS video cassette, which gave them some suspicions. One of the main characters was played, I think, by a mustachioed man typical of the for the 80’s (Reynolds, Selleck type), probably.
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1“Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab” (1974), also known as “Ten Little Indians”?
Quote from the IMDb synopsis:
“A group is invited, under false pretenses, to an isolated hotel in the Iranian desert. After dinner, a cassette tape accuses them all of crimes that they have gotten away with. One by one they begin to die, in accordance to the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme.”
sounds a little like Clue 1985 but I don't recall any VHS in that. Also Murder by Death 1976 but I don't recall a video in that either.
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