David Ondaatje

Trailer online for remake of early Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Lodger

The Lodger follows the story of a couple that rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be a serial killer responsible for a series of grisly neighborhood murders. The Lodger is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 black and white thriller of the same name. David Ondaatje directs ….

Hitchcock Silent Getting Remade

Production Weekly reports that David Ondaatje (Undressing Hitchcock, Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin, June 8) will remake the 1927 silent film The Lodger. The original was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a novel by Marie Adelaide Lowndes. The Lodger follows a fictional version of the Jack the Ripper killings. In the storyline, a serial killer known as The Avenger is on the loose in London, murdering ….