Fresh
Michael Powell's Peeping Tom is the best movie ever made about the voyeuristic allure of making and watching movies.
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Peeping Tom
What made this the most diabolical murder weapon ever used?
1960 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Powell
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Peeping Tom
Overview
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Director and cast
- Michael Powell Director
- Karlheinz Böhm as Mark Lewis
- Moira Shearer as Vivian
- Anna Massey as Helen Stephens
- Maxine Audley as Mrs. Stephens
- Brenda Bruce as Dora
- Miles Malleson as Elderly Gentleman Customer
- Esmond Knight as Arthur Baden
- Martin Miller as Dr. Rosen
- Michael Goodliffe as Don Jarvis
- Jack Watson Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fear, as it turns out, is the most frightening thing in the world, and Peeping Tom makes us feel it palpably as few films have been able to do.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Peeping Tom reminds us of the scary, primitive power of movies by putting us, as viewers, in the position of its peeping protagonist. As the psychopath sets up his victims for the kill, we see them through his eyes.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
It still packs a wallop. Maybe that's because, in cinema, we're all peeping toms. And the camera, in skillful hands, can be an exquisite instrument of terror.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Stripped of its color and some excellent photography plus imaginative direction by Michael Powell, the plot itself would have emerged as a shoddy yarn.
Variety Staff, Variety
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