The Lodgers (2017)

It is a performances centric movie

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Ireland, early 1920s. Twins Rachael (Charlotte Vega) and Edward (Bill Milner) are twins cursed to live their lives alone in a magnificently gothic mansion, lest they break the rules set by a mysterious presence from generations past. This presence insists that no-one else may enter the dwelling, and that they must be in their beds by midnight. And something mysterious exists beneath the trapdoor.The twins are unfortunately rather defined by their current characteristics - Rachel is headstrong and sensible, and Edward is weird and more subservient to the presence. Apart from that, there's not a great deal in the script or dialogue that allows us to get close to them.The arrival of one-legged Sean (Eugene Simon), a World War 1 veteran who has returned to a village that now spurns him, finds himself attracted to Rachel, and that the feeling is mutual causes an imbalance in her ordered life. David Bradley makes a welcome appearance as solicitor Bermingham, reluctantly on hand to deliver bad news about the twins' financial state.That hoary old cliché 'style over substance' may well apply to 'The Lodgers'. Filmed in one of Ireland's most haunted houses, Loftus Hall, the story takes its time - which is something I have no problem with - but the mansion, village and surrounding locations look breath-taking. Director Brian O'Malley ensures that everything is a scenic as it can possibly be, and that the surroundings strike that perfect balance between beauty and gothic horror. A closed society, living in a resplendent land.Whilst the atmospherics, and Edward's strangeness - as well as Rachael's longing to leave - are handled very effectively, actual scares are thin on the ground. When they do occur, however, they are very well handled. All in all, I really enjoyed this. An elegant, strangely tragic horror excursion.

One of the most boring movies I have ever seen, simply because this is NOT a horror movie. In fact, I can't even think a movie genre for this one... Maybe they should create a new genre with the name "The Tree of Life" and use it for the most boring movies, that their trailer or cast makes them look promising but in fact they are the ones that can make you die of boredom. As for The Lodgers, it's an extremely slow movie, with no scary or creepy moments/scenes at all. Lost time...

Just want to clear this out of the air. This film is not a masterpiece. I've read so many reviews saying it was. The acting in this film is unbearable. The storyline was "ok". Did it stay true to it's genre? I think so? I mean it wasn't scary whatsoever. The only thing I liked about this film was the tone. That wasn't even that great either.

Im very fussy about horrors and like many from hellraiser to the descent to The Autopsy of Jane Doe. I dont usually like the watered types of pseudo horror for the masses like Woman in Black. But I did really like Crimson Peak and this movie is similar to that - a great historical setting and very atmospheric. well paced and great set design. It looked gritty & dark. Great acting and the sister was yum. the story is good too. Very good direction. Recommended if you like The Others.