Laura's home, 1975[]
(flashback) I'm Arturo. I think we have made a big mistake. Because I know! Everything is so evident, so clear. That has to be false! Look, I don't want to calm down. Aren't you going to support me in this?
Oh, I didn't see you,
I came to bring you a drawing. What I did today at school. This is us.
Ah! Beautiful. Although your sister does not come out very favorably.
She's always making me angry. Were you arguing on the phone?
No, it's work stuff, the police station. I am unlucky that many times no one believes me.
Why?
Don't worry. He is innocent! You know what? You are the smartest detective I know. You just solved a very difficult crime, I like that you play police and I will tell you a secret so that you can be the best. Many police officers believe that the important thing is that which the eyes see, but no, the eyes make mistakes. Don't you see how I myself wear glasses? We are Lebreles. For us the important thing is smell. It never lies. And now go to dinner, Laura.
The mansion house[]
I did not know you were here. I know what you're up to and what you want to do with those people. You want to kill them
Laura's house[]
I sewed a button on your raincoat that was falling off. By the way, why don't you retire now, daughter? What's the matter? Did you just solve another mystery or what?
No, no, quite the opposite, they just invited me to one.
(READING) Dear Inspector Laura Lebrel del Bosque, I have the pleasure of inviting you to a mystery. You have been chosen, along with nine other participants to enjoy a very special evening.
Well, that's a very strange way of speaking. In my time, when they told you something like that, you ended up paying it after nine months.
(READING) If you manage to discover the enigma that I will propose to you, you will receive the greatest reward she can imagine.
Yeah, that's a martingale. so you can change phone company. I don't believe it.
They put the envelope directly in my mailbox and it is handwritten. I have to confirm my attendance on a web page. (SURPRISED) No... It can't be. Mom, do you have anything to do with all this?
I? No woman. Why? How am I going to send you a letter if I live across the street?
Look Listen. Let's see. (READ) I know this letter may seem very strange to you, but you are not one of those who trust what your eyes tell you. Despite what his sense of smell tells him, he doesn't need glasses. And signed, Mr X.
And? A little cheesy, right?
This is what dad told me when I was little. How can this man know?
What do I know, daughter? Maybe he was your father's friend or a colleague of his at the police station. Do you want me to call them? But, it's been so long since...
Do you still remember him a lot?
No. That I don't need to remind you. Sometimes I think I'm crazy. I keep thinking about your father as if he were alive. But there are times when I surprise myself by telling him things.
Oh, come on, to school, we're late!
Have a good time, mom.
And you too, darling.
And you stop worrying about that invitation. After all, you are going with that Ismael for the weekend.
(WHISPERS) I'm not going with that Ismael, I'm going with Ismael.
Okay, okay, I haven't said anything. If it seems good to me that you meet people and that you are not alone, but the thing is, by the face you make, it seems that instead of going away for the weekend with... with the man you like is going to do a colonoscopy
Police station[]
What's happening? That Ismael didn't have enough budget and you took the hotel on your back?
No, it's just that I havn't gone out for so long that I didn't know what to bring.
And so you've arranged everything, right? And where does he take you?
To a hotel in the mountains. With outdoor activities. We'll go zapping or something, and go to a state wildlife reserve.
Is that what he has prepared for you? Well, I see that he knows you perfectly. It has nailed your emotions.
You think he nailed them. We stayed stuck to the couch at home without moving for years.
Years. You have a great time. And don't worry, I'm not going to follow you or show up unexpectedly or spoil your weekend.
Lydia, I would like you to take a look at this.
Who is it?
A private detective. He disappeared last night. Isn't that a very short time? His secretary, in the complaint, claims that something has happened to him. It seems that he was investigating a shady or dangerous case. Call her to see what she tells you.
Ishmael.
Jacobo. Hey, I wanted to thank you for doing everything you could to give Laura a couple of days off. I know how much it cost you.
Well, it wasn't that bad. Besides, I know you need some time alone. Especially because you have to explain a lot of things to her.
What are you talking about?
That's why I asked you to come before you leave. I know you live with another woman. Bastard. Does Laura know? You don't even bother denying it?
This woman is key in an investigation. I had to approach her incognito to get everything I knew about her without raising suspicions. She is part of my job.
I think, look, that rather than getting things out of her, you have dedicated yourself to the complete opposite.
She doesn't matter to me exactly. I can explain this. And you know, no matter what you tell Laura, she'll end up believing me. You're just the ex-husband who won't let her move on with her life.
And me? Are you the one who thinks I'm stupid and deaf? Well, I hear perfectly. Although now you are going to be the one who is going to listen to me. Do you mind?
How are you?
Well you no longer have to worry about Ismael? You were right.
Whatever he did, don't give it two seconds.
No. That's why I'm going to accept this invitation. I need time to be alone.
Are you really going to go here? You alone?
There's something about that invitation that intrigues me. Oh, entertain Jacobo, I couldn't stand his I-told-you-so face.
Take a look at this ID document.
On the road to the mansion[]
Martin, what are you doing here? This thing was your doing. And you were sure that I was going to bite like a fool.
I have not done anything. I only followed you because I didn't want you to go alone to the house of someone you don't know.
Well thank you very much. You can turn around now. I told you I need to be alone!
Don't worry, I won't bother you. I promise you.
Inspector Laura Lebrel?
Yes.
I was only waiting for one person. He can't come.
He is my partner. If he can't come, neither can I.
I know I shouldn't call, but something came up. She has come accompanied. Aha. Are you Martín Maresca? Yes. Indeed, it is him. OK. Mr X had already considered this possibility. Both can come. And now if you would be so kind as to give me your luggage?
I have read something about this house. It belonged to an industrialist who made satanic rites and pacts with the devil. One weekend he and all of his guests appeared decapitated.
Really?
No. In fact, I don't even know where we are. Well, one thing is, we are more than 100 kilometers from anywhere known.
You're telling you, we've been in a car for an hour and a half looking at trees, mountains... even the lake!
If you would be so kind as to accompany me…
I think the walls are electrified at the top. To make sure that no intruder comes in.
Mr X must feel very alone in a house so grand.
Yes, especially because there is no coverage here.
I don't know. I don't know Mr X. He hired me to fetch people and to serve the food.
Entrance hall of the mansion[]
Mr X, I presume.
You assume wrong. Francisco Quiroga.
I've come to spend the weekend.
Are you also here to solve a mystery?
What a mystery? No. I have been invited to examine an incunabula.
It's a letter like mine. Mr X tells him that he has some books with titles in Latin that may interest him.
Are you a bookseller?
No, prosecutor. And those books are codices and compilations of very ancient laws. I have one of the best collections in Europe. It was started by my father, who was also a prosecutor.
It's a wind from hell. I went out to see if there was coverage outside, but nothing. Well, that's nice, isn't it? It seems like we're all here now.
All? But how many people have they invited?
With you. There are ten.
This house gives you a shit you can't believe. How are you? Nicolás Trigo, computer scientist. Mr X wrote to me to offer me a job in the company. But it seems to me that he has doubled down on everything.
Of course, of course. So, what do we do now?
There on top of the chest is an envelope for you.
Go to the library where you will meet the rest of the guests. Your room is marked with your name. Remember that lunch is at three. But when are we going to meet Mr X?
Police station[]
It's just that I never saw his face. Samuel called him Mr X.
And why did you speak in the past tense? As far as we know, nothing has happened to your boss. Furthermore, very little time has passed since his disappearance.
Since Samuel was hired by Mr X, he behaved in a very strange way. Samuel was... is... sorry. Samuel is one of the most recognized detectives in Spain. He has had very important clients.
What did Mr X want Samuel to investigate?
He wanted him to locate ten people for him. But i do not know why. Look, that Mr X has gone to so much trouble so that we wouldn't know his identity is a very strange thing.
And what did Samuel say to you the last time he spoke to you?
He told me that he thought he knew why Mr X wanted to locate those people but that he had to confirm it. That he would call me in an hour. And it's been almost 15 hours.
And that's why you think...?
I think my boss figured out what Mr X was up to. And that's why he killed him.
Calm down. Go to your office and bring us all the files you think might be helpful. We'll find out what happened to your boss, don't worry.
Saloon of the mansion[]
Hello I am…
I know perfectly well who you are. Inspector, housewife, recently separated, her mother lives in the same building as her and her ex-husband is her boss in the same police station as hers. And her name is, of course, Laura Lebrel del Bosque.
It gets from bad to worse.
I beg your pardon?
How can you see all this? My name, and that I am an inspector, may have been read on the envelope, and the rest?
Well, because my job consists precisely in knowing how to read, and I have been able to read you like an open book. My name is Margaret Sandi. I am founder of the newspaper La Gaceta del Crimen, author of several books on criminal psychology, but well, I suppose you have already heard of me.
Well no, I had no idea. But tell me, how did you know all that?
Well, I know that you have separated very recently, because you still have the mark of the ring on your finger. I know that you have a lot of contact with his mother, because she has sewn a button on your raincoat, in a way that used to be done a long time ago. And I know that she lives across the street from you, because on your keychain you have two almost identical sets of keys, including the one to the mailbox, I suppose to also get the mail. No?
And what about Jacobo? How do you know he's my boss?
Because only a very close person would have given you permission to be here today taking into account that we received the invitation with very little notice.
And she forgets that two months ago she was at the police station asking about you. She wanted to do a report on your cases and Cuevas spilled the beans to her. I saw her.
Fallacies, it is normal for narrow-minded minds to feel offended by superior intellects.
Hello, I'm Vera and from what I see this weekend is getting very interesting.
Hello, I'm Martin.
Hello Martin.
Are you also aa investigator?
No. I'm not ashamed to say that I don't do anything for a living. When I was little I received an inheritance, so my only mission in life is to live it to the fullest.
I am Felipe Lozada, psychiatrist.
Ah, that's good. Let's see if we can have a moment later and I'll tell you a few things about my mother.
What is this, solitaire?
This is not a solitaire, they are tarot cards. I am Elisa, fortune teller, spiritualist and astrologer.
And does the tarot tell you anything about what we are going to eat? Because I am hungry.
It just can't be. This throw of the cards.… I feel the presence of evil in this house.
Elisa, you have to relax. Don't scare us.
The cards don't lie. We should get out of here as soon as possible.
Are there any other guests?
Yes. Guillermo and Alfredo. They are in their rooms. We're all here. You were the last one left to arrive.
Yes. Well, me and Mr X. Where could he be?
Outside the bedrooms of the mansion[]
How luxurious!
Laura, it's here.
Can one not rest in this house?
Sorry, I didn't intend to wake you. I'm Laura Lebrel, one of the guests. This is Martín Maresca, my partner. At work. Do we know each other?
Let's see if you try to remember that you are not alone in this house.
Thank goodness you have come. With his bad temper, I thought he'd give me the weekend. I wouldn't want to be one of the criminals he arrests.
Oh, is he a police officer? We also....
This must have fallen when he was organizing the earthquake.
Thank you.
I'm Alfredo.
Hello, I'm Laura. I hope I didn't wake you up too.
No no no. no way. Do you know what this is all about? The mysterious Mr X sent me an invitation promising me that I would write the best story of my career. I am a journalist.
Ah, well no. I have no idea what could be going on here.
Police station[]
Hey, Cuevas, I have something to tell you.
What have I done now?
What have you done? You've caught the attention of those above.
I? Did I catch anyone's attention?
Well, they asked me for information about someone who knew a lot about computing and computers and I gave them your name.
Oh, yeah. Yes, the thing is that I have not become a police officer to install antivirus and format hard drives.
It's not about that, Cuevas. This is the computer crime brigade. And they want you to be part of it.
And that would mean...?
That would mean a promotion and earning triple what you earn.
And change police stations?
And the city.
Laura's bedroom in the mansion[]
Isn't it more practical to put the room in the suitcase?
There is only one bed.
Don't worry, I think I'll be able to control myself for one night.
I'm going to see the bathroom. Oops, sorry.
No problem. I'm putting my things away. I think we share a bathroom.
Ah okay. So you can use that side and I can use this side here.
Of course yes.
Geez, all that stuff must cost you an arm and a leg.
To be honest I do not know. I never look at the price.
It is a pumice stone, for calluses. Whenever you want it, I'll leave it here.
Laura, will you be much longer? Hello.
Hello.
Well, I'm leaving now. Tonight I'll leave the door open, that's how I'll feel … safer.
Well look, I think we'll put another bolt on. We like privacy.
What's happening?
How odd! I would have sworn I brought my gun.
Police station[]
The detective's secretary has said that whatever Mr X asked him to investigate is in one of those folders. But we've been checking them for hours and nothing.
But why have you believed her? There is no solid proof that something has happened to that man. Before you would not have let yourself be carried away by your intuition like that.
Before? About what?
Before... us ... But that's very good, huh? May be you should begin to open up and let yourself go.
If I believed it, it's because private investigators often have problems. And we haven't been around long enough for you to leave such a deep mark on me. Why have you set aside those files?
Because the investigator himself did not consider them important. Notice that he crossed them out himself.
He wasn't crossing them out. He was marking them with the name of the person who hired him.
Mr X.
Who will these people be? And why are they so important to him?
What's happening?
We have to talk to Jacobo immediately.
Dining room of the mansion[]
Sorry, I didn't know what to wear.
It doesn't surprise me.
And why do ten bells ring if it is three in the afternoon? We have to tell the boy who served us to set the clock.
Mr X has given me instructions that you should start eating.
And when is he coming?
When the moment comes. And now I have to leave the house. I hope you find everything to your liking.
Oh, and the food?
The food is already served.
He's not going to tell me. Tthat these slices are food, Because I feel hungry.
They are not slices. They are imported French cold cuts. Very expensive.
And very fine.
I hope you enjoy your stay here. Good afternoon.
Hey, Martin. If they weren't counting on you, why was there a chair for you?
Did you hear the driver? Mr X contemplated that possibility.
But then why haven't they given you a room to yourself? Maybe there is another guest who hasn't arrived yet.
What cute little dolls!
They are the ten little black men from Agatha Christie's novel. Ten strangers meet in a house.
And they also find ten of those in the dining room. A murderer begins to kill them, one by one. And every time one dies, one of those figurines appears broken. Until in the end there is no one left. Agatha Christie did not have Inspector Lebrel. She would have ruined the story for her in ten seconds.
The truth is that the story is cool, eh? Do you also know about this video game?
None of you have the slightest idea who Mr X may be.
Just because we don't know him doesn't mean we don't know who he is. Because from his invitations we can deduce many things. He is someone vulgar. That he wants to appear very sophisticated. A nouveau riche, possibly.
And how do you know that?
By the letter. It is exaggeratedly elegant, to the point of being cheesy and because of the letter paper. It looks good, but in reality you can buy it for a hundred.
That's wrong. There, it shows precisely that Mr X is no fool at all. If he had used exclusive, select paper, it would have been easy for the police to follow the trail. Being ordinary paper, it is difficult to locate him.
Locate him for what?
I have warned you and you have not listened to me. And Mr X is a devil.
Mr X is a trickster who has been kidding us. Of course, as soon as I find a place with coverage, I plan to call a taxi and get out of here.
I don't think he's a trickster. He knows us perfectly and he has known how to cajole us so that we end up coming. Margarita, Guillermo and I, who are dedicated to investigating, have been promised a great mystery. To you, Francisco? Being able to study some valuable books. To Nicolás a good job. And to Alfredo a great report.
He offered me a lot of money If I would cleanse his mansion of bad spirits.
From me he wanted medical advice.
He didn't ask me for anything. But I never reject an invitation. And even less so if it comes from a man.
Yes, but how can he know so many things about us? you communication with us. In the novel, the mysterious host left them a recorded message on a gramophone.
(gramophone is played) Welcome everybody. I thank you with all my heart for accepting my request. Although I have not been completely honest with you. The real reason for my request is that I want you all to solve a mystery. This is something which unites all of you. If you guess what it is, you will gain something very valuable.
But how do we know each other? It's the first time I see you all. Did you know each other before coming here?
I am going to my room. I'll be right back. I have brought a liquor that will help me think.
A bedroom[]
Ah here!
You have to believe me, he was dead.
We've been searching for a while and haven't seen anything in any of the rooms. Don't you remember in which one of them you saw it?
It's just that I made a mistake, I went into a room that wasn't mine.
The dead don't usually fall on top of people and then disappear just like that.
At least not without first communicating to us the sorrows that do not allow them to rest in their graves.
Let's see, and did you see that corpse before or after taking the bottle you went to look for?
You have to believe me. You have to believe me! I say it with my own eyes! And he fell on top of me.
What we have seen is how you have drunk an entire bottle of wine alone at lunch.
Saloon[]
Martin? Do you think she is….?
What do you want?
We just wanted to know if you were... alive.
Well yes. By the way, I have spoken to the rest of the guests. Not only do we not know each other, but we have no family or friends in common.
Why do you think Mr X wanted to bring us together? What does your experience tell you?
Well, my experience was going to tell me something just when you came to bother me. So if you let me concentrate I will find the solution to this puzzle.
Grounds of the mansion[]
I am with Francisco, the prosecutor. As soon as we have a chance we will leave.
Guillermo? What are you doing here?
Hello. He was looking around the perimeter of the property. It's huge.
There's been some progress, right?
I've tried to climb the fence, but I almost didn't live to tell it. It's electrified. And there has been no way to find the generator.
Before, when I told him my name, it seemed to me that you knew me from somewhere.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, you're a police officer too. Maybe we have met in some case.
No, we have not met before. And do you know what you should worry about? That we are here, locked up. And since we can't find that damn generator, I don't see any other way out of here.
Unfortunately he is right.
It seems that in the end there was someone else on the property who we didn't count on.
Waldo Lydecker. Who was he?
I don't know, but I'm sure it also has to do with everything that's happening here.
Garden of the mansion[]
Maybe his imagination played tricks on him.
I know what I saw. That guy was dead.
And hanging inside a suit bag, right?
Maybe this is the mystery the invitation talks about.
Mr X brought us here to laugh at us. He is already there.
Do you think it will pass us by?
The storm. I fear it is coming straight towards us.
And it will be one that will not be forgotten in a long time.
Well, you won't find me here. I have better things to spend my time on.
And how do you plan to leave? There are no cars here.
Well, there has to be a telephone in the house, right? I'll call a taxi. If anyone wants to get on when it arrives, you are welcome. And if not, enjoy your boring weekend.
We could do like him. Continuing here is nonsense.
I'm not so sure. It seems to me that our weekend has only just begun.
Laura's house[]
But I told her not to pay attention to this. Also, the latest news I have is that she was going away for the weekend with that Ismael.
Yes, they had a fight at the police station and then Laura disappeared. The envelope was on the table so I think she must have gone here, right?
I don't know.
And the twins?
Here they come.
We have already cleaned the room.
Have you collected all the lizards? Well, until you do, I don't want to see you here. Come on, please, go.
Flour and lizards?
Don't ask, don't ask.
The envelope does not have a stamp and has been left in the mailbox. So whoever left it had to had gone with Ismael, he would know where she is.
Hey, do you think she's in trouble?
Maribel, we are talking about your daughter.
Yes.
Clearly she is in trouble.
Please don't scare me, huh? Don't scare me, man.
Garden[]
Am I the only one who's left as a bird?
I'd rather freeze than go back in there. I don't know. I feel the presence of evil in this house.
Yes, you already told us.
I know I don't play very well, but I would appreciate if you would move your own pieces. This is the fifth time you have taken one of mine.
Sorry, I don't know where my head is.
Well, the same as everyone. Let's see, where the hell is that idiot who brought us here?
I'm not going to stay and wait for him. As soon as the prosecutor's taxi arrives, I'll get in with him.
By the way, he left his cigarette case behind.
I'll take it to him, and by the way, I tell him to order two more taxis. I think we all want to go.
I accompany you. Well, to clear my head for a while.
What do you say, inspector? Take Vera's place?
I don't understand chess, but if you have some cards we'll have a game.
We grab a ribeiro from the bar cabinet and see you later, Mari Carmen.
This clock works when it wants. It hasn't rung in the last three hours.
And when it rang it struck ten. And it was only three.
It seems to be going backwards. It just struck nine.
Inside the mansion[]
Do police officers always carry a gun with them?
Only when we are on duty. And I am on leave this weekend.
So, if I search you, I won't find anything that scares me.
It depends on the effort you put into it. It's here.
Francisco! I think you're going to have companions in the taxi. Francisco!
Ah!
It can't be!
My God.
Someone must have seen something.
I'm getting out of here!
How? If we were all on the terrace when this poor man entered the house.
That is the moment he took advantage of to commit the crime.
Who?
Our host! There is no one else in the house.
One of the rooms in the mansion[]
(dvd playing) As you have seen the game just beginning.
It's him!
And as you have confirmed, it is a very serious game.
He is watching us all this time, he has been watching us.
(dvd) As I have said before, if you are able to solve the mystery of why you are here, you will receive a prize. In fact, I promise you a very valuable prize.
I found this CD with today's date and time. Suddenly this voice came out.
(dvd) And what is more valuable than life itself? The only rule of the game is clear. No one can leave the house You have already seen what happens to those who break this rule. I have eyes everywhere. So I will know if you try to escape. There are no telephones or houses within a 40 kilometer radius. And the fence which separates you from the exterior is electrified. So if anyone doubted it, you have no choice but to play.
Malevolent psychopath!
(dvd) Resolve the mystery, ladies and gentlemen. Your life depends on it.
Are we all going to die?
We have to discover the mystery. We have to know why we are here.
We talked about it before and we don't know one another at all.
And we have different jobs. We come from different cities. We have nothing in common.
I think the most sensible thing to do would be to look for Mr X. If he doesn't want to show up, we'll make him come out of hiding.
But he's crazy. That man is a murderer.
Yes, you're right. He's a murderer, but we're nine. If we stick together, nothing bad can happen to us.
And if they are more than one? We cannot be sure.
What is clear is that we cannot play along with this guy. We have to search the house and find him.
But how? This mansion is enormous.
By groups. We are nine people and three policemen. Let each of us choose two other people.
We should solve the puzzle. Searching is not going to be of any use.
At the moment you, Margarita and Alfredo search the outside. I and Vera and Felipe will take care of the basement. Laura, Elisa and Nicolas, search the first floor.
Wouldn't it be better if one of you took Elisa?
You will be safe with me, but as I said, they are present.
The evil in the house? Yes I know.
Police station[]
There has to be some way to track that page and whoever posted it.
No, whoever did this took a lot of trouble not to leave a trace.
He bounced the signal through networks halfway around the world and thus there is no way to find the origin.
Can't we hear from Laura?
Not from this page. Besides, all this is very strange.
First her name appears in the detective's papers and then she disappears.
There's another thing. There is a note in Samuel Marzo's diary. "Place a call to the phone number 616-999-9796".
Whose is this number?
I have no idea, we haven't called yet.
Are you waiting for a papal bull? or what?
Sorry, sorry. I'm dialling now. Looks like there is a tone.
This must be Laura.
Another tone.
Perfect, I hung up, great. These keys are so small that you hit one and you hit them all.
She hung up on me.
Well, that means there is someone on the other side. Try again.
Boss, he doesn't answer me, I don't know if something is happening or... Why did you answer?
Cueves! Samuel Marzo must have wanted to talk to her.
With me?
Grounds of the mansion[]
I have read some of his books, they are good, somewhat gruesome. but good.
Well, the news from where I get my topics is even harsher.
That may be the connection between you and me, maybe you have written something based on one of my articles.
Guillermo, is everything okay?
My wallet must have fallen along the way.
Let's go search.
No need, it will be among those trees. That's where I crouched down. Keep going..
Police station[]
And what does Laura's mother have to do with the detective?
I have no idea, but the guy had her number written down.
Is Laura investigating it?
Laura doesn't appear anywhere.
Neither she nor Martín, no one knows where they are. They don't even pick up their cell phone.
So wishes do come true. Of course, if they moved you to another city, I would lose sight of us forever.
Hey, hey, hey, what city? It's a little early to talk about that, isn't it?
Don't tell me you're not thinking about it? You've been after a position like that for a long time.
Yes, and I've also been after you for a long time. And now that I have you, that you have me, that we have each other...
Do you know what we also have? That little room next door is for us alone.
Inside the mansion[]
There is a lot of hate in these walls.
That's because of the gotele, it makes the houses sadder.
No, is not that. There's something here, I don't know. A lot of pain, a lot of anger contained for many years.
Listen, do you have to talk like that, because you're getting on my nerves.
And you're not a police officer? Don't you have any clues as to what's going on here?
All I know is that our host is taking revenge on us.
Let's see, is that guy from Cáceres? Because I have never been there, I am a computer scientist. I lead a very quiet life, I have never hurt anyone.
Again we are in the dining room.
It's like those mazes where they put mice to do experiments on them and things like that. We have to turn back.
There's a draught.
It comes from the chimney.
The flue is closed, it does not come from the chimney.
And where else? This house will be at least a thousand years old. There will be currents everywhere, I say.
The air comes from here. There is something behind this wall. Maybe we'll be lucky and it's evil.
Well, that's nothing. We get a hammer and the three of us hit it. What do you think?
I wish it was that easy.
But if there is a secret door here, I'm afraid it will take us a long time to find out how it opens.
Don't lose hope, dear, Hope is our greatest support in life.
A secret bedroom[]
This is empty. Nobody has been here.
You're wrong. In the closet there must be a suitcase with wheels and men's clothes.
How did you know?
There are some very recent marks on the carpet of a suitcase with wheels.
Could they belong to someone who had taken the suitcase?
This corner is raised, as if he had stumbled upon entering. If it had been when leaving, that corner would have been the one raised.
Yes, but how did you know it was men's clothing?
That was a little more risky. This smoking cigar still in the ashtray has no lipstick on it.
Does that mean the person has been here recently?
Yes Yes Yes. I feel that our host is very close.
Saloon[]
So you just missed the killer.
I will not be sure. In the room there were clothes, a suitcase, a cigarette, but... The bed was intact, and the desk chair was shoved under the table. It's like they left everything there on purpose for us to find.
There has to be a way for the killer to get around the house. He can't evade all of us.
If we find the generator, we could disconnect the electric fence and get out of here.
Then he would kill us all.
We could make several groups again, like before.
Some could create a distraction and others could be saved.
Alright, that's it, and you decide who stays and who goes.
And Guillermo?
He split from us 30 minutes ago. He said he had dropped his wallet and went to look for it, but he never came back.
If something had happened to him, we would know. The bells haven't rung yet.
That means he's still alive.
I'm glad to see you're all together. This way we can start as soon as possible.
Can we know why you separated from us?
I didn't want to raise suspicions. I needed to be alone to solve the riddle.
But have you solved it? Do you know why we are here?
Not only that. I also know who our mysterious host is.
Who is he?
I admit that, when I arrived at this house and met you all, there was something that didn't sit right with me. Ten strangers, seemingly unrelated and isolated from the rest of the world.
So we are not strangers to one another as we seem to be.
Exactly. Mr X said that we all had a reason as to why we are here. In other words, there is something that unites us, but that we cannot remember.
Aren't you supposed to do this crime solving thing.
I don't make pompous entrances. People have to be placed into a situation, this is not done this way, in any case..
Our host planned the perfect weekend. Ten mice in a mousetrap and a thousand ways to kill them. But there were two things that the murderer did not take into account.
Which is it?
First, he was not facing a normal police officer. Second, he made a mistake that allowed me to establish his relationship with something from my past. Well, mine and each and every one of you.
But it's going to end once and for all.
But who is the murderer?
The answer to that is very simple. Our host and assassin is none other than...
(thunder, lights go out) The circuit breakers have been tripped by the storm.
The fuse box is in the corner.
I'll go
Saloon[]
Ah!
Stand aside.
But how could it happen?
Who fired?
The bullet entered this way. He was watching us.
Police station[]
Jacobo. We thought that you had gone to accompany Maribel at her house.
Well, she left in a taxi.
You could tell us that you were coming back, right? So that we could make coffee. We would have done some more of this as well.
Anyway, I was trying to take a look at Samuel Marzo's diary, but...
Any clue as to why he wanted to talk to your mother-in-law.
Ex mother in law. And the truth is that I have no idea why she is involved in all of this. Laura and Martín show no signs of life and my head is about to explode.
Jacobo, I have reviewed this agenda a couple of times already. And the only place where Laura's mother's phone number appears is in this little post-it note that you already know.
Cuevas, it doesn't say "put a call to" (LLAMAR AL) here. Here there is a dot after the "A" and another after the "L" (A.L).
What dot?
Yes, that's not a word, it's the initials of a name.
But hey, the phone number is Maribel's. Why did the detective give her other initials?
Because she's not the person he wanted to talk to.
A bedroom[]
Two bodies so far.
He was about to say the killer's name for a second.
What are you doing?
Searching his pockets. If he knew who the murderer was, maybe... there might also be something which can help us.
Do you also want to rob Francisco?
Laura.
Martin! The ring! It was too big for him and the seal turned downwards, he had the habit of putting it on all the time.
Yes, I noticed, it was a reflex act. So what?
When we saw him dead, the seal was facing downwards.
Now it's up.
Who turned it?
Himself, after faking his death.
What? Laura, that doesn't make any sense.
Martín, I don't know the reason, but Mr X killed this man after making us believe that he was dead.
Saloon[]
Are you OK?
Yes, better, thank you. I went to the bathroom to freshen up a bit.
Well, what do we do now?
Solve the mystery, we have no choice.
Even so, he's going to kill us all, like the policeman.
He killed him because he was going to discover his identity and that was not the rule of the game.
Did you find anything in the cop's wallet?
No, it has licences, some cards, tickets, money, but nothing relevant… Wait.
Isn't that Mr. Guillermo as a young man?
Don't you recognize the other one?
Should I?
Has no one never shown you a photo of him? He's my father.
What is a photo of your father doing in Guillermo's wallet?
Listen. (door opening)
I don't understand, we're all here.
So, the only person missing is….
…is our host.
(door opens) Laura?
What are you doing here?
You know each other?
I present to you Verónica, my sister.
Is she Mr X?
(Closing credits - Flash forward, snippets of Part 2)[]
The person who shot the police officer was inside this same room.
The murderer is one of us.
Maribel A.L. Arturo Lebrel. The guy we're looking for wanted to talk to your husband.
This man is there, on the tombstone.
On the tombstone?
Yes, the author is buried outside, in the garden.
He is watching us.
Waldo Lydecker.
This author stopped writing novels in 1975.
What happened that year?
This may be the key that unites us all. Something happened to us that year and that's why we are here.
In 1975 dad was investigating a case.
It's just like poor Nicolás' crime scene.
Shortly before he died, Dad was very worried. Surely it was for this case.
We have an advantage over the murderer, we know that he is one of the guests. If anyone else finds out, goodbye to that advantage.
All we have to do is stay together.
Listen.
Shut up everyone!
Don't do anything stupid.
No, the only foolish thing would be to sit idly by and wait for Mr X to kill us all.