The Lodgers2017
Directed by Brian O'Malley
🏆 4 wins & 4 nominations total
The premise
1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.
Horror Vault's take
Set in the crumbling grandeur of rural 1920s Ireland, The Lodgers follows Anglo-Irish twins bound to their ancestral estate by a sinister set of rules enforced each night by an unseen, malevolent presence. When a scarred war veteran arrives in the nearby village and catches the eye of the more restless twin, the carefully maintained order begins to fracture. Director Brian O'Malley crafts a suffocating Gothic fable where the walls of the family home feel less like shelter and more like a slow-closing trap. Atmosphere and dread do much of the heavy lifting here, rewarding patient viewers drawn to elegantly decayed horror.
Content: Disturbing Imagery, Themes Of Incest, Suicide References, Mild Violence
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