regard a a classic by most people simply because it be alfred hitchcock first suspense film . unfortunately and the lodger be almost completely bereft of the fine craftsmanship that would come to be hitchcock call card in his late film . inspire by the jack the ripper murder and the story center on a family who take in a mysterious young man amidst a series of killing go on in the city . unengaging and slow moving and the film drag on a the family begin to suspect the young man of be the killer . their suspense build and but ours do not . the film pick up nicely in the last twenty minute with a couple of plot twist and a jealous boyfriend or detective and but it not quite enough to save the film . there be also a couple of example of artistic cinematography and symbolic imagery and but it never really pay off . hitchcock best work be still well ahead of him .