best movie i've ever seen.

Absolutely the worst movie.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

This is a film I've only heard and read a little about - not to mention seeing some stills and tiny clips - well, I'm finally viewing it for the for the first time in my life and I have to say this is an impressive film. The words that come to my mind are beautiful and eerie as two descriptive words for this gem. I understand why everyone is bragging about since I've seen it. I have to say it's too bad this film is not an early talkie because this would make a fantastic one - but something about this movie being silent seems to make the film all that more eerie.I tell ya if you want see any silent film at all - watch this one! While this film is not considered to be a horror film, I would put The Lodger (1927) in the class with Nosferatu (1922), London After Midnight (1927) or even Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920). I like this Hitchcock silent film so much better than his film The Ring (1927).Great movie - I've enjoyed watching it! 9/10

London is gripped by panic over a mysterious serial killer with a predilection for young blond women. Meanwhile, an enigmatic young man moves into a boarding house. Could he be the killer? Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.The main star of this film is Ivor Novello, who was better known as a songwriter. Novello brings an appropriately enigmatic, shadowy quality to his character and only occasionally lapses into melodramatic gestures. He has a wonderful rapport with June Tripp, who portrays Daisy, a model and the daughter of the boarding house's landlady. Marie Ault and Arthur Chesney also do fine work as the owners of the house, friendly, then fearful of the potential killer living in their house. Also noteworthy is Malcolm Keen as Joe, a policeman who loves Daisy and is investigating the nearby serial killings.THE LODGER (1927) is often considered Alfred Hitchcock's first truly distinctive film. Much of what would inform his later films is present here. Hitchcock creates a unique and unnerving atmosphere inspired by German Expressionism. His use of light and shadow in many shots is fascinating, and the editing is accomplished. This movie flows at a good, even pace; not a moment goes on longer than necessary. He shows his mastery of building suspense and anticipation. He uses modernistic design in some of the title cards in order to heighten the atmosphere of tension and dread. The movie's climax is riveting. The audience genuinely wonders as to whether or not this young lodger is capable of murder, and the actors effectively portray their characters' fear and apprehension.Overall, THE LODGER is an effective start to one of the most distinguished careers in movie history, and merits viewing today. SCORE: 8/10

This is the first Alfred Hitchcock film to address crime and murder. Hitchcock made other films in the silent era but this one feels like a Hitchcock one. This is the plot. A mysterious man (Ivor Norvello) has recently begun to live in this inn. The inn's landlady (Marie Ault) is worried that he may be "the avenger", who is a serial killer that preys on blonde women, when he starts spending time with her daughter (June Tripp). The daughter also has a police officer boyfriend (Malcom Keen) who has similar suspicions towards the lodger. Eventually the lodger is revealed as innocent and they have to clear his name before an angry mob kills him. The movie takes a while to get going, and although I don't usually mind that, in this film I just kept wondering what it was all building up to. But it's all worth it for the end which I think is the best part of the movie. I was interested in seeing Hitchcock's first attempt at a crime drama and the credits roll and I feel satisfied.

After a few flops in his early career, Alfred Hitchcock in 1926 tried his hand for the first time at the crime genre - and the result, "The Lodger", became his first big hit, of course. And it already introduced to the audience MANY of his later famous features: the storyline, the suspense-enhancing effects, the haunting, creepy music - and of course the plot twists...The movie really goes RIGHT into the matter from the very beginning: in the first scene, we see a young blonde being strangled... It was the work of the "Avenger" again, as we soon learn, who is described as 'tall, with his face hidden behind a scarf'; immediately, the news is spread by the newspapers and over the radio, and everybody reads or listens, shocked and curious at the same time, just like this was a crime novel or a radio play; but the girls who work at the nearby club called "Golden Curls" really are a little worried by this maniac serial killer and his 'preference' for blonds...And then, next door at Mrs. Bunting's inn, a mysterious stranger turns up to rent a room - tall, with a scarf over his face... And not only that: Mrs. Bunting's pretty young daughter Daisy is - a blonde...Slowly though, the lodger, with his good manners and appealing ways, wins Daisy's confidence, which makes her boyfriend Joe pretty jealous; but she ignores him as well as her parents' warnings, and goes out with him - on a TUESDAY night, the day the 'Avenger' always commits his murders...! Now, from here on, we who have seen the movie are not allowed to give away any further information, of course...It's really formidable how Hitch, with his FIRST thriller, at once seemed to have found his so very own, special style; Hitchcock fans will recognize LOTS of issues he later used again in all those classics that brought him the reputation of the BEST director of thrillers there ever was. But "The Lodger" isn't only of special interest for fans of the director or the genre: it's also a very interesting time document.It gives us a very nice glimpse of the Age of the Flappers, with their bobs and their loose dresses, and some good old jazz music to match with the atmosphere of the time. But as soon as the plot becomes dramatic, we hear that strangely threatening music that sends shivers up our spine and lets us feel that something horrible's about to happen...There are movies that NEVER get dated; "The Lodger" is one of them. It's still as IMMENSELY suspenseful from the first until the last moment as it was 90 years ago!