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The Lodger is a 2009 mystery / thriller film directed by David Ondaatje and starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Simon Baker. It is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, filmed previously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and as Man in the Attic (1953) directed by Hugo Fregonese .
- David Ondaatje, Michael Mailer
Jan 14, 2009 · The Lodger: Directed by David Ondaatje. With Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue. A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- David Ondaatje
- 2009-01-14
The Lodger is a 1944 American horror film about Jack the Ripper, based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes. It stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar, features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and was directed by John Brahm from a screenplay by Barré Lyndon . Lowndes' story had previously been filmed by Alfred ...
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- Hugo Friedhofer
- January 19, 1944 (United States)
- Robert Bassler
The Lodger: Directed by John Brahm. With Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke. A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
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- John Brahm
Kevin Maher Times (UK) Hitchcock's most underrated movie. Rated: 5/5 Jun 2, 2015 Full Review London Evening Standard Even with its obvious debt to German Expressionism, The Lodger has Hitchcock ...
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- Alfred Hitchcock
- Gainsborough Pictures
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The tale of a serial killer in West Hollywood has two converging plot lines. The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger; the second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with the elusive killer, who is imitating the crimes of Jack the Ripper. —Anonymous
Jun 27, 2017 · The Lodger offers the first occurrence of this fixation: the killer, who calls himself the Avenger (just who or what it is that he’s avenging we never find out), targets only blondes as his victims. The opening shot of the film is of a blonde woman screaming, followed by a neon sign flashing against a background of darkness advertising a show ...
