Marie Belloc Lowndes Archives

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 2, 2017Jack the Ripper Thriller

Alfred Hitchcock's third film about a family who believe their lodger might be a killer. Made during the silent era but Hitchcock uses extraordinary visual tricks that blow you away

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Actors: Ivor Novello

Category: Horror

2 August 201726 August 2026 by Roog

The Lodger (1944)

Rating: ★★★

May 8, 2001Jack the Ripper Thriller

Sound remake of the silent Alfred Hitchcock film starring big man Laird Cregar who gives a wonderfully melodramatic performance as the new lodger that a family believe might be Jack the Ripper

Director: John Brahm

Actors: Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke

Category: Horror

8 May 200126 August 2026 by Roog

Man in the Attic (1953)

Rating: ★★

Jun 6, 2001Jack the Ripper Thriller

The fourth film version of The Lodger with Jack Palance as a boarder that a family believe might be Jack the Ripper. This has neither the style or melodrama of the previous versions

Director: Hugo Fregonese

Actors: Jack Palance

Category: Horror

6 June 200126 August 2026 by Roog

The Lodger (2009)

Rating: ★★

Dec 13, 2010Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Fourth version of the tale about a family who believe their boarder might be Jack the Ripper. This is updated to the present and abandons most of the story for a mind-bending pretzel of identity speculations

Director: David Ondaatje

Actors: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Simon Baker, Donal Logue, …

Category: Horror

13 December 201026 August 2026 by Roog