le locataire ( the tenant ) be without a doubt one of the most important horror movie ever make . polanski star a a trelkovsky and a timid file clerk living in paris and who answer an advertisement for an apartment and only to find that the previous tenant attempt suicide by leap from the apartment window . trelkovsky be compel to visit her in the hospital and there he meet stella ( isabelle adjani ) . trelkovsky immediately move in when the previous tenant dy and and at first and be quite pleased with have find such a nice apartment . his happiness be soon replace by wave of paranoia a he become increasingly suspicious of his neighbour and who seem to be try to provoke trelkovsky into repeat the previous tenant suicide . this film be great . polanski manage to create a surreal atmosphere of dread and paranoia . plenty of brilliant moment such a the classic scene where trelkovsky discover the previous tenant tooth in a hole in the wall and or the fever dream where he wander into the building bathroom to find the wall cover with hieroglyphic . the photography by sven nykvist be truly beautiful . the tenant be a neglected gem . it may be difficult to track down and but it be more than worth the effort .