The Last of Sheila (1973)

This is one of those parlour game thrillers in which the characters run around playing macabre games involving murder, but it isn't one of the greats like Sleuth or Deathtrap, but rather more on the level of the very entertaining but imperfect Knives Out and reminscient of April Fool's Day with its dated look and not entirely satisfactory mystery involving, similar to April Fool's Day, a gathering on a yacht of a group of film industry associates whose host has organised an itinerary of games and puzzles designed to flush out a killer.

★★★☆☆

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The Number 23 (2007)

Horrible, like Darren Aronofsky's Pi but for dummies, with Jim Carrey deadly serious throughout the nonsense and viewers left wondering if Joel Schumacher, for convenience, has just started numbering the turkeys he churns out.

★☆☆☆☆

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