the film begin with the head of a girl in close up . she be very blonde and and her curling hair fill the screen . she be scream . cut to a theater sign and announce a show call tonight and golden curl . the light of the sign be reflect in water . from that water the golden haired girl be draw out to land . she be no longer scream . she be dead . assassinate . that scene be more than the start of a film . it be also the real start of suspense film in england . the lodger and base on a novel by mrs. belloc lowndes and be set in a jack the ripper style murder wave in a foggy london . the victim be always blonde girl and always kill on the same day of the week . while the whole capital speculates in contagious fear and a new lodger turn up at a peaceful boarding house . he wear a black cloak and carry a black bag . there be other detail which make u mistrust the mysterious tenant without and obviously and conclusive proof so be he or isn not he the serial killer . well and you have to see the film and and to follow a plot that be to dominate and control several of hitchcock later films represent the concept of suspicion and the essential point for suspense .