Movie

The Lodger

1944 · 84 min

A foggy, gaslit Victorian chiller that coils slowly around a polite household, letting quiet dread and a menacing stranger do the frightening.

Tagline: PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!
Overview: In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, crime, isolation
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
crime
isolation
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild