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The Lodgers

2017 · 93 min

A slow, damp dread seeps through a decaying house, mixing family curse with fragile romance and mounting claustrophobia.

Directed by: Brian O'Malley
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon

Overview: 1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.

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Directed by: Brian O'Malley
Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
grief
trauma
fate
Places: single country house
countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by: Brian O'Malley
Written by: David Turpin
Starring: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley, Moe Dunford, Deirdre O'Kane, Roisin Murphy, Anthony Murphy
Music: Kevin Murphy, Stephen Shannon
Cinematography: Richard Kendrick
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Ireland
Languages: English

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