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The Lodger

The Lodger

2009Movie⏱️ 1h 35mR
CrimeHorrorMysteryThriller
5.7
IMDB Rating
5,661 votes

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.

Director
David Ondaatje
Writers
David Ondaatje, Marie Belloc Lowndes
Stars
Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West
Release Date
January 14, 2009
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 26
Reviews
📋 5.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina
as Chandler Manning
Hope Davis
Hope Davis
as Ellen Bunting
Shane West
Shane West
as Street Wilkenson
Donal Logue
Donal Logue
as Bunting
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
as Captain Smith
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook
as Amanda
Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon
as Dr. Jessica Westmin
Simon Baker
Simon Baker
as Malcolm
François Chau
François Chau
as Sam
Mel Harris
Mel Harris
as Margaret

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Filming Location
1420 N. Alta Vista Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Merchant Pacific Corporation, Michael Mailer Films

🏷️ Keywords

jack the ripper copycatmurder investigationpolice officer on suspensionunhappy wiferoom for rent

🎯 Categories

WhodunnitCrimeHorrorMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Overplotted, but otherwise solid mystery
by moviesleuth22010-01-13
7/10

"Serial killers will always be popular because there is a human fascination with the lurid, the sexual and the violent. They epitomize fear, and when making a movie about a copycat serial killer, who better to imitate than the most notorious serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper? "The Lodger" represents the fourth version of the book by Marie Belloc Lowndes, including one directed by Alfred Hitchcock himself. Although it's nowhere near as good as anything the Master of Suspense put out, it is nonetheless an engaging and twisty mystery. There are two stories that are at the ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Last role and only nude scene for Jillian Difusco, who played a dead victim at the medical examiner's.

📖 Synopsis

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.