The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
About The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) is a crime mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Its themes are fashion show, mysterious stranger, modeling, and jack the ripper.
Ivor Novello takes the lead as The Lodger Jonathan Drew, Marie Ault as Mrs. Bunting the Landlady, Arthur Chesney as Mr. Bunting, and June Tripp as Daisy Bunting. Released in February 1927, it runs 91 minutes.
The screenplay is by Alfred Hitchcock and Eliot Stannard. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.
Sherlock Holmes, Zoolander, and Phantom Thread make useful companions to The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, all filed under serial killer. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 359 votes and it carries a NR rating.