A landlady suspects her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
Make allowances for Ivor Novello’s hammy acting as the mysterious lodger wrongly accused of the killings, and relish instead Hitch’s intuitive grasp of visual storytelling.
Sawhney's score brings contemporary melodies to Hitch's silent delight.
One for Hitch fans, one for thriller fans, one for cinema fans. Do not miss.
Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 silent melodrama about a Ripper-style killer is gripping in its sheer brio and control.
The film creaks a fair bit, and isn't a patch on his mature phase. But it's a must for devotees.
In conversation with François Truffaut in the 1960s, the Master called his 1927 thriller "the first true Hitchcock movie", and it's being rereleased in a carefully restored version.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday August 10, 2012, until Thursday August 16, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
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