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Directed by: Michael Powell
Starring: Karlheinz Böhm (Mark), Anna Massey (Helen), Moira Shearer (Vivian)
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 01:41:36
Genres: Snuff, Voyeur, Domestic Abuse
Plot – Spoilers:
A young photographer Mark works at a film studio while also shooting sexy pinups on the side. It’s not for the money, as he earns substantial rent from letting out rooms in his inherited house. His real ambition is to make a perfect docudrama capturing fear at its purest. In this pursuit, he’s been killing women with a modified camera while resurrecting ghosts from a childhood of abuse. Mark is getting close to finishing his magnum opus, when his curious tenant Helen befriends him…
Though acclaimed now, Peeping Tom almost destroyed director Michael Powell’s career at the time.
Random Thought – Massive Spoiler:
Right at the end, when Helen passionately grabs Mark from behind, she almost ends up skewering him on the tripod spike. Wonder if that was a planned move or whether the actor was taken by surprise.
This film is worth watching just for Viv’s spectacular dance performance. This movie sunk director Michael Powell’s career because it was so controversial at the time. It’s a very odd story but I’m not sure what put everyone in such a huff about it. It’s a decent film. Viv’s spectacular dance performance gets 5 stars. The movie gets 3 stars.
Actor Jack Watson, who plays the part of “Chief Insp. Gregg,” was in a great film directed by Sydney Lumet called “The Hill” (1965) starring Sean Connery. Watson portrays “Private Jock McGrath,” one of the new prisoners trapped in a brutal British military prison in North Africa who are assigned to the care of the sadistic ex-civilian prison guard Staff Sergeant Williams. It’s a great prison drama.
Thank you for uploading, as always <3 <3
An interesting movie. Hard to fathom today why it caused such a furor in it’s time as it is very, very tame compared with what was to follow.
Lol
honestly a classic, ahead of its time
In the first shots, the right leg stocking does not have a seam. Further along it shows both with seams. Continuity in those days obviously wasn’t an issue.