Does The Lodger end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Lodger easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Lodger violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Lodger

Name: The Lodger
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Released: 1944
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood

PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

Directed by John Brahm

Produced by 20th Century Fox

194484 min6.5 / 10

A noir-inflected Victorian thriller built on mounting suspicion and paranoia, where a mysterious lodger's true nature remains deliberately ambiguous.

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Questions people ask

Does The Lodger end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Lodger scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Lodger easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Lodger sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is The Lodger violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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