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The Lodger

The Lodger

Thriller · Mystery · Horror · 1944

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Movie details

The Lodger

“PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!”

1944 Thriller · Mystery · Horror 1h 24m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

4.2K votes

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Lodger?

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Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Brahm

Written by

Barré Lyndon

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Kitty Langley

Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

Mr. Slade

George Sanders

George Sanders

Inspector John Warwick

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Robert Bonting

Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood

Ellen Bonting

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Superintendent Sutherland

Queenie Leonard

Queenie Leonard

Daisy the Maid

Court is in session

Put The Lodger on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.