The Lodgers

An interesting concept that suffers from poor writing. Weird things happen without rhyme or reason and the audience is never given an explanation for anything. Minor conflicts in the movie happen for the sake of taking up time to bring it to an hour and a half and no resolutions are ever provided The acting isn't horrible, I guess.

Gothic apparently equals dull in the minds of the filmmakers who created this yawner.

Blah blah blah Ireland. Blah blah blah Ghosts Blah blah blah Something happens. Unfortunately for the viewer that something is 85 minutes after you stopped caring. Could have been a lot better if it had been a lot faster paced and scarier. It isn't and it wasn't.

The Lodgers is absolutely beautiful, but even the most gorgeous cinematography can't make up for a lacking story, which this movie undoubtedly has. The film started out alright with an intriguing opening scene and subtle creepiness to grab your attention. I was fully engaged for the first half and again, the atmosphere and cinematography is absolutely everything you could want for gothic horror, but the movie fails miserably in trying to explain the reason behind anything. There is vague mention of why (but not how) this "curse" began but no reason is given as to why it has to continue. So I felt pretty unsatisfied by the end. It's a shame because at first it seemed like it was going to be quite impressive. It's still not a terrible movie to watch on a gloomy day, just nothing to write home about.

Has an interesting premise but fails to develop it further thus ultimately falling short of being engaging & entertaining. Overall it was a bit dull

As the title of this review states, the film had several things going for it. The location was amazing, the acting very good and the atmosphere that the film created was very effective.

However, in terms of story and horror the film just did not deliver. It never lifted itself to reach any satisfying level after the promising start. The mythology it eventually revealed was stupid. Boring.

I am very forgiving of horror films and I so much wanted to love this after the first few minutes drew me in. But it was unlovable.