Peeping Tom

About Peeping Tom

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.

Peeping Tom (1960) is a horror thriller film directed by Michael Powell. It runs 101 minutes and was released in April 1960.

Its themes are filmmaking, obsession, psychological horror, and voyeurism.

Karlheinz Böhm takes the lead as Mark Lewis, Moira Shearer as Vivian, Anna Massey as Helen Stephens, and Maxine Audley as Mrs. Stephens. The screenplay is by Leo Marks. In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel, Chilling, and Cultpix.

Psycho, Hannibal, and Funny Games make useful companions to Peeping Tom, all filed under proto-slasher, psychological thriller, and serial killer. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 933 votes and it carries a NR rating.