After so many film and TV adaptations of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None", if you decide to make one more version then staying faithful to it would be an obvious folly; thankfully, the creators of "Ils Etaint Dix" have massively re-invented the story, while retaining, more or less, its central plot devices. At the same time, they did not employ the parodistic tone of the long-running, and even more liberal, French series "The Little Murders Of Agatha Christie"; the mood here is much more grim and nihilistic. It is only fitting that the woman who practically invented the slasher genre, at least in its literary form, has now her own work adapted in the style of a slasher show, albeit a considerably less bloody and gory one than you might expect from the director of the notorious French torture-porn film "Martyrs". The series boasts lush island scenery, some cracking suspense sequences, compelling flashbaks (each one a mini little whodunit on its own), a rock-solid cast (Manon Azem is fire 🔥 every inch of her is hot) and a perfect running time (6 episodes). Highly recommended, especially if you like shows in the vein of "Le Chalet", "Harper's Island", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", etc. 8/10.
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