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Michael Harbour
12Jan12
A lurid paperback cover in motion. The color scheme, the subject matter, the sexy women - everything those great paperback covers of the fifties offered is delivered bigger than life in this great film.
Zach Eastman
1Dec11
A striking thriller that sets the tone for a number of imitators (the novel red dragon being the first i think of) that lets us know up front who the killer is and bask in the tension from there. Powell is a master of mood and music and they blend together almost perfectly in this piece.
Johnny DuBiel
3Oct11
With it's correlation of voyeurism and how we watch movies, it has received many comparisons to Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'. However, with its study on general paraphelia and dark sexuality, it holds more kinship to Hitch's 'Vertigo'. Not surprising, 'Peeping Tom' served as inspiration to Hitchcock's later work, not to mention that of numerous other directors. Years ahead of its time.
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Sudipto Basu
16Sep11
I still enjoy imagining critics storming out of the film's screening: outraged! Someone had criticised the critics!
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Shelley
8Sep11
absolutely stunning. very suspenseful, beautiful, and haunting. along with the suspense, the colors were vivid and plenty of good lines along the way. Mark is quite creepy by the end of the film. this is one of my favorite horror films of all time. "I don't trust a man who walks around quietly."
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Cinematic
16Aug11
I think that the feeling of suspense and fear that Powell creates here exceeds in intensity to a lot of Hitchcock movies. And of course it has all this meta-meta-discussion about cinema and voyeurism wich is wonderful to dive into.
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Ole Christian Solbakken
17Mar11
Flott dansescene med Moira Shearer som vi alle husker fra The Red Shoes. Noe lett på foten når det kommer til psykologiseringen, men flott film.
Namita Nair
19Nov10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/nov/16/peeping-tom-pornography-press-camera
T.J. Royal
13Nov10
With fabulous music and a tight narrative, "Peeping Tom" is a scary classic with a damaged, credibly sympathetic lead. Along with exploring voyeurism, I also detected a strong whiff of materialistic desire, in the scene where main character Mark hugs his camera. Also, the scenes between Mark and the mother of one of the tenants really *made* this movie for me. Hard to believe it's 50 years old. Definitely watch this.
comeandsee
1Nov10
a masterpiece of british film. begins a cinematic investigation into voyeurism which has become invaluable to horror cinema.
Addiena of Mubi land
29Jun10
An intense good thriller. But if you compare it to psycho, it did has one star less rating. Because, in my opinion, Peeping Tom's storyline was a little bit outdated. But still compare to other films these days, Peeping Tom was an instant unforgettable classic.
Ally the Manic Listmaker
9Apr10
Jennie, I love Peeping Tom way more than Psycho. Unfortunately, Psycho helped Hitch's career and ruined Michael Powell's career (in England). I think that's sort of unfair and unjust. P.T. is one of the great horror films. I never realized the films were released the same year. :o
Weena Eloi
3Feb10
An intensely perverse but beautiful film. This movie came out the year "Psycho" was released but Michael Powell's movie was extremely controversial & blamed for halting the director's career. An unnerving, creepy and powerful film, this is my favorite of all of Powell's works, and that includes "The Red Shoes" and "Black Narcissus."
richmondhill
30Aug09
Part of this film’s pull is its fabulously tawdry B-movie atmosphere and use of stalwart British character actors (more often seen in genteel comedy and well mannered dramas of the time) making it feel like the most subversive 'matinee' you’ll ever experience - and that's even before the tripod is unleashed. Great stuff.
Pierluigi Puccini
3Apr08
superb Hithcockian/freudian thriller with a bizarre plot (outrageous for its time, banned and detroyed by critics) about a young filmmaker's obsession for capture women's reaction when they're facing death. In a few words, the "snuff films" myth was introduced to us in this underrated suspense masterpiece.