Reviews — The Lodger
Audience write-ups from TMDB
CinemaSerf
The film creates a palpable sense of suspense as it unfolds against the backdrop of "Jack the Ripper" crimes in 18th-century London's Whitechapel district. Laird Cregan portrays "Slade," a formidable and enigmatic man who rents rooms from Sir Cedric Hardwicke and his wife, Sara Allgood. As time passes, his nighttime activities start to raise questions with Mrs. Hardwicke, and when combined with the pervasive anxietie…
John Chard
Your beauty is exquisite. The story unfolds in Victorian London’s Whitechapel district, where an individual is murdering women with stage experience. Could Mr. Slade, the mysterious tenant renting rooms from Mrs. Burton, be responsible—perhaps even Jack the Ripper? A pervasive fog blankets this corner of London; the cobblestone streets are slick and bear witness to terrible acts, while gaslights flicker faintly as…

