Overview
A shadow looms over London as a killer stalks the streets, targeting blonde women.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- foreboding
- paranoid
- classic movie night
- halloween film viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Hitchcock's early silent thriller as a highly influential and visually inventive landmark of suspense cinema.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The lodger's secrecy, nocturnal behavior, and proximity to blonde women make him the detective's chief suspect.
Hitchcock uses shadowy interiors, angular compositions, and bold visual motifs to create an ominous London atmosphere.
London's foggy streets, crowded entertainments, and serial-killer panic make the urban setting an active source of unease.
The Avenger targets blonde women, while Daisy's modeling and romantic life place her within the killer's threatening pattern.
Films like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, and why
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
shared silent-era suspense, mysterious stranger, and serial-killer investigation
M
shared expressionist visual language, crime mystery, and paranoid atmosphere
Shadow of a Doubt
shared gothic suspense, suspected identity, and shadowy urban menace
Movie Details
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Release Date
- 1927-02-14
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (357)
Cast
- Ivor Novello
- Marie Ault
- Arthur Chesney
- June Tripp
- Malcolm Keen
- Reginald Gardiner
- Eve Gray
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alma Reville
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog about?
- A fogbound London household becomes the uneasy center of a serial-killer mystery when a secretive lodger attracts a detective’s suspicion.
- What is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog as mild.
- What did critics think of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?
- Critics broadly regard Hitchcock's early silent thriller as a highly influential and visually inventive landmark of suspense cinema.
- Which films are like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?
- Films with a similar feel include The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, and Shadow of a Doubt.
- How long is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?
- In United States, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max.
