i like more and more watching silent movie . the lack of speech be make the actor look for other way of express themselves and today their facial and body language resemble the art of mime . it also make director search for good visuals to compensate the absence of the spoken text . such a master of visuals a hitchcock be not handicap by the lack of sound and and one may argue that some of the great horror scene in his late movie could be part of silent movie a well . the lodge be the first film to be consider a complete fully feature by hitchcock . the story retrace the ripper case and which by the time when the film be make be still present in the living memory of many london inhabitant . in the foggy atmosphere of many of the british film of hitchcock a couple of character well know in the late film of the master show up the man whose non normative behavior make of him the obvious suspect and the maid who fall for the man and trust him despite all the logic of fact present to the viewer and adopt by the rest of the character . first timer in hitchcock film be the vertically filmed staircase and the threaten shadow on the wall and the girl in the bathroom it will take another thirty year to bring the last two together in the memorable scene in psycho . for all the visual suspense the film lack thrill in action and the end be awfully conventional . it be say that hitchcock want another end for his film and maybe this be the descent from cross like scene where the hero be save at the last moment from the threat of a lynching mob . this or some other end would have make well a film which be still remarkable for it visual power .