The Tenant (1976)***½ After 'Repulsion' and 'Rosemary's Baby' Romanski successfully completes his horror suspense trilogy with this fine work in 1976. His 'Fearless Vampire Killers' are also memorable with its delightful humorous distance. In 'Tenant', Polanski once again displays great skill in developing appropriate atmosphere and building cumulative suspense through the story. This ability equals great suspense master Hitchcock in his thrillers. Although, story lacks real plot and practically goes nowhere very few directors can be praised for having such skill. Overall, extraordinary suspense, appropriate cinematography (by master Nykvist) and good acting made this feature very good despite of its script flaws. 8/10
Review of The Tenant
