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Peeping Tom is a British film of genre Drama directed by Michael Powell released in USA on 7 november 1961 with Karlheinz Böhm

Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom
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Released in USA 7 november 1961
Length 1h41
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror,    Slasher
Rating75% 3.7980953.7980953.7980953.7980953.798095

Peeping Tom is a 1960 British thriller/horror film directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression 'peeping Tom' describing a voyeur. The film revolves around a serial killer who murders women while using a portable movie camera to record their dying expressions of terror.

The film's controversial subject and the extremely harsh reception by critics effectively destroyed Powell's career as a director in the United Kingdom. However, it attracted a cult following, and in later years, it has been re-evaluated and is now considered a masterpiece.

The music score, written by Brian Easdale, contains a challenging part for solo piano, which was played by the Australian virtuoso Gordon Watson.

Synopsis

Mark Lewis meets Dora, a prostitute, covertly filming her with a camera hidden under his coat. Shown from the point of view of the camera viewfinder, tension builds as he follows the woman into her home, murders her and later watches the film in his den as the credits roll on the screen.

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