Peeping Tom (1960)

Name: Peeping Tom (1960)
Duration: 1 h 41 min

1hr 41m

1hr 41m
4.0/5 (25.7K)
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A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Michael Powell

Writer:

Leo Marks

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Cast

Karlheinz Böhm
Moira Shearer
Anna Massey
Maxine Audley
Brenda Bruce
Miles Malleson
Esmond Knight
Martin Miller
Michael Goodliffe
Jack Watson

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RATINGS 605 FANS

4.0

Moral of the story: Never trust a man who says "I hope to be a director very soon."

3.0K Likes

Gordon

Jun 4, 2017

I bet Hitchcock wished he made this.

2.6K Likes

cassandra

May 18, 2022

patrick bateman: - misogynist - won't shut up about huey lewis nd the news - dorsia this dorsia that - is insane mark lewis: - a simp - kills women in a non sexist way - owns a cool collection of film related equipment - deserved better

2.1K Likes

rodì 🕷
Oct 11, 2021

his name wasn’t even tom.

1.2K Likes

eely

Mar 21, 2021

The killer’s backstory is that his scientist father performed experiments on him as a child that can basically be summed up with “what if I made my son the weirdest guy of all time”

1.1K Likes

brendan o'hare

Aug 30, 2013

There is always an automatic aura of respect surrounding Powell's films. The attention to detail, the immaculate use of colours and the stunning set designs and mis en scene should garner nothing other than admiration and awe. Peeping Tom is no exception. It is an…

1.1K Likes

DirkH
Jan 13, 2020

This is about Vloggers.

845 Likes

Justin Decloux

Oct 24, 2023

just a silly man with traumas who loves women trying to fit in, he didn't do anything wrong!

694 Likes

noen

Nov 3, 2024

Frankly I can see why sicko pervert Martin Scorsese is so obsessed with this. Had a miserable time watching this with my four Christian daughters. This movie does not honor Christ.

617 Likes

Branson Reese

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Morgan loved

Peeping Tom

i just adored this film, it is a fascinating character study on childhood trauma and the psychology of paraphilias, while putting the audience in the shoes of a voyeuristic spectator themselves it’s age did not hurt it at all either, the writing and camera work is still fantastic

2 🔥 2 9M

Sabrina Bondi liked

Peeping Tom

Here voyeurism itself looks outwards and inwards, confounding perpetrator and victim, filmmaker and viewer, camera and phallic weapon, while observing a pathology as metacinematic as it is psychiatric.

🔥 3 2Y

CvptvinHowdy liked

Peeping Tom

I see this came out around the same time as Psycho, and this definitely stands on its own. Great performances all around, but the actor who played Mark captured that character perfectly. Most horror/thriller films around that time period don't hold up to today's standards, but this definitely does.

2Y
Jimmy Cricket liked

Peeping Tom

Ahead of its time with the meta elements on filmmaker and audience, the audience’s compliancy in the act by watching it. As well as the themes of trauma, which seems to be explored in every horror movie now; there’s also self-reflective elements from Michael Powell in the script

10M

MovieDaddy liked

Peeping Tom

Contextually and in a historical sense, this is a very important and influential movie in the horror genre. By today’s standards, it would either bore high-octane horror hounds or turn off casual audiences. A very niche audience for this one.

2Y

Edward Kronkvist liked

Peeping Tom

Before Psycho this movie was the first ever slasher and started a new wave of films after it. But this was a very good serial killer thriller but as a slasher in hole it doesn’t have that unique formula that makes some slashers awesome.

2Y
Alexis Wright-Whitley liked

Peeping Tom

Mark was disturbing at the onset. A very curious tale of how childhood trauma and the sins of our parents can impact who we become as adults. The ending was completely unexpected!

12M

Vogue Italia liked

Peeping Tom

far ahead of its time. one of the first pov serial killer movies! this film really feels like it could be late 60s or early 70s, i can’t believe it was filmed in 1959!!

1Y

Figo Nyberg liked

Peeping Tom

This movie was actually pretty good for being the first ever slasher movie. Today I wouldn’t call this a slasher but the story is interesting and unique.

2Y