An acclaimed and abhorred film about a man raised by a scientist who devoted his life to the study of the psychology of fear, using his own son as his guinea pig. As an adult the... more
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Peeping Tom [1959]
Michael Powell lays bare the cinema's dark voyeuristic underside in this disturbing 1960
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psychodrama thriller. Handsome young Carl Boehm is Mark Lewis, a shy, socially clumsy young man shaped by the psychic scars of an emotionally abusive parent, in th...
Horror - Director: William Friedkin, John Boorman, William Peter Blatty, Renny Harlin, Paul Schrader - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over
Actor(s): Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Michael Powell
Director(s): Michael Powell
Genre: Horror
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1959
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Enter the insane mind of a psycho-killer obsessed with recording on film the most intense fear as it registers on the faces of desirable women. For his camera tripod is fitted with a long blade designed to penetrate victims through the neck. And while they watch their own deaths reflected in a mirror attachment he captures their last gasps on celluloid for his evil home movie collection. Includes the theatrical trailer.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 05/03/2001
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: D 038450
Editor: Noreen Ackland
Barcode: 7321900384506
Production Designer: Arthur Lawson
Screenwriter: Michael Powell, Leo Marks
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Author: Leo Marks
Producer: Michael Powell
Art Director: Arthur Lawson
DVD Description
An acclaimed and abhorred film about a man raised by a scientist who devoted his life to the study of the psychology of fear, using his own son as his guinea pig. As an adult the boy is obsessed with filming the deaths of beautiful young women, after causing them personally with his knife-wielding tripod. Powell aficionado Martin Scorsese brought the film out of obscurity in 1979.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: French
Technical information
Special Features: Photo Albums, Filmographies, Chapter Search
Aspect Ratio: 1.75 Wide Screen
Sound: Mono
Dubbing Sound: Mono English
Professional reviews
Review: "...PEEPING TOM still ranks as one of the most terribly strange and twisted of motion pictures. Even in a day and age when the outre is encouraged, this brilliant dark gem stands out in a crowd..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F10, 26/03/1999)
"...Disturbing brilliance....One of the definitive dozen cult movies ever..." -- 4 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.7D, 15/04/1992)
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