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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Crime · Thriller · Mystery · 1927
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
Movie details
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927 Crime · Thriller · Mystery 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
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Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Written by
Alfred Hitchcock · Eliot Stannard
Ivor Novello
The Lodger Jonathan Drew
Marie Ault
Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
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Arthur Chesney
Mr. Bunting
June Tripp
Daisy Bunting
Malcolm Keen
Joe Chandler
Reginald Gardiner
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
Eve Gray
Showgirl Victim (uncredited)
Court is in session
Put The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.