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I don't know; I suppose it is a detective drama, possibly a period piece?

I like some of the short stories by Collins, but it's no surprise he (unlike his friend, Dickens) is only a footnote in (certainly global, maybe also british) literature. He was more occupied with realistic characters and plot-twists, which is all well and good but simply not enough to make you stand out. I did enjoy his story about the dumb (but well-connected, socially) inspector, who managed to not see who the guilty person was even when everyone else did.
Not that I am much of a fan of Dickens either, but he did produce some poetic work, such as the Christmas Carol and the eerie story about the railway watchman.  Then again I definitely prefer romanticism to realism.

^I haven't read Moonstone, but do know the general story - and the reveal 

^Reminds me a bit of Identity (although the supernatural element there is replaced by a psychological/delusion one).

I watched Rebecca. It has a nice style - Hitchcock - but it's not a detective story. The protagonist is a bit too one-sided imo.

Land Shark: The Movie?

Mostly correct. There's nothing more terrifying than a shark in a house 
The actual title is "House Shark". Your turn!

Watched the preview and looked for stills from the film. Do you actually see the shark in the movie? Or is it just a random fin here and there?

I haven't watched this, of course 

Daggerhell?

Nope. It's a DOS game.

That looks like a dalek, so maybe it is called Dr. Who or something of that variety? 

Then again, at this resolution, any generic robot would look like a dalek.

Land Shark: The Movie?

Mostly correct. There's nothing more terrifying than a shark in a house 
The actual title is "House Shark". Your turn!

Eh, since no one is posting anything, here is one:



You can tell it's high quality.

Thank you, Ponch, but I don't have anything currently... Open floor (if you feel like it, of course you could post a new one )

Well, I googled it, just to declare open floor and move things along
It is called "Railroad Tigers". A missed opportunity to use the name of that old coin-op, Tiger Road.

I also watched a theatrical production of the Mousetrap, in late highschool. It was nice, and obviously it's all about the reveal. While I do recall who the murderer was (and the twist), I don't remember any actual dialogue. Just the (not yet known then) murderer's entrance.

It's another of Christie's motifs, rather close to Ten Little Indians etc.

What I like in such plot elements is that they are supposed to work regardless of what the reader/viewer personally feels about the rest of the story (for obvious reasons this is more potent when you read it, since in a movie or play you have to focus on how things are presented by others too). It's a distinct type of plot, and in larger than short story format it inevitably co-exists with the more personal reading of the rest of the plot. A good example of this, in my view, is Camus' The Stranger, where almost all of the story is something you react to more subjectively (due to sentimental themes etc), but there is also the little story (in the newspaper) about the man who wanted to surprise his relatives and booked a room incognito in their hotel, only to be murdered by them for the money he meant to share with them anyway.

Is it "Tiger"? 

I still don't know the movie, and don't want to just use google 

Is it Jackie Chan? 

Hm, that looks sort of cool - but I don't know it...

I don't even know the actor, let alone the movie 

I am not a fan of winning art contests (meant for humans) with an AI-image... 
Those images do look nice, though!

^I didn't like An Inspector Calls that much either, although the cinematography was nice and the actors did they job. It's just that the metaphysical element makes the whole thing convoluted and isn't anymore about a detective story resolution.
One would likely question whether it was believable, even without the metaphysical reveal, imo

Nice style with the art!

Great images.