Our Take

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - Hitchcock before he was a brand, just a young director obsessed with murder and the thick, choking London fog. This is the birth of the 'wrong man' trope, wrapped in a veil of Jack the Ripper-style paranoia. The visuals are soaked in German Expressionist dread—glass floors, sinister shadows, and a constant, creeping fear of the stranger in the next room. It’s a silent scream that proves Hitch knew exactly how to twist the knife from the very beginning.