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Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I'm a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I was really eager to check it out. So far, it is his oldest movie I have seen. At first, I was rather worried since the copy looked awful and the beginning was pretty shabby. However, even though it is indeed very old (almost 80 years old!), it was actually quite watchable. Apparently, it was Hit... read more

A nod to the Jack the Ripper murders that terrorized London in 1888, Hitchcock's suspenseful silent feature stars Ivor Novello as an eccentric young man who checks into a boarding house just as a serial killer has claimed his sixth victim. The landlords soon grow wary of this mysterious stranger, who -- like the killer -- seems to harbor a fascination with blonde women, and their paranoia escalates when he takes a liking to their fair-haired daughter.

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