I've watched the movie and came to see reviews. Honestly the number of reviews which claim they couldn't figure out what this was about astounds me. This is a good ghost story and the only problem was that it was slow moving. It's pretty obvious what the original sin was and the recurring sin and why the shame was cursing the family. If you can't figure it out, then go back to Saturday morning family sitcoms, for Pete's sake. Good for a relaxed viewing of an interesting ghost story, as long as you aren't expecting freak scares and true horror.

Firstly, the actors themselves I found were excellent. As was the cinematography, which painted the promise of something bleak and haunting.Unfortunately, the story went nowhere slowly and let the viewer down on this promise. Lastly, the title itself "The Lodgers"... By definition a lodger is a person who rents accommodation in another person's house. The house was built by and kept in the family, twisted generation after twisted generation, and nobody else was ever allowed in, let alone rent a room. The ghosts below, were those of the family, not lodgers. This might tell you something about the writing in The Lodgers.

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.

One of the most boring movies I have ever seen, simply because this is NOT a horror movie. In fact, I can't even think a movie genre for this one... Maybe they should create a new genre with the name "The Tree of Life" and use it for the most boring movies, that their trailer or cast makes them look promising but in fact they are the ones that can make you die of boredom. As for The Lodgers, it's an extremely slow movie, with no scary or creepy moments/scenes at all. Lost time...