The Lodgers 2017

5.0 / 10   471 vote(s)
R
Horror Thriller Mystery

1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.

Homepage https://epic-pictures.com/film/the-lodgers
Release Date 2017-10-05
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Brian O'Malley, Richard Kendrick
Producers Julianne Forde, Ruth Treacy, Macdara Kelleher, Rory Gilmartin, Patrick Ewald, Shaked Berenson
Writer David Turpin

Without spoilers, The Lodgers overall takes a format that I have seen a lot in the past couple of years, it's a schematic that I was never the biggest fan of in the first place, and The Lodgers certainly is not the best of the bunch that have approached this sort of material in recent times.

Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.

Gimly