Peeping Tom

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Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film, now regarded as a seminal and controversial work for its disturbing exploration of voyeurism and the nature of cinematic spectatorship.

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instanceOf film
psychological horror film
aspectOf voyeurism in cinema
castMember Anna Massey NERFINISHED
Brenda Bruce NERFINISHED
Carl Boehm NERFINISHED
Esmond Knight NERFINISHED
Maxine Audley NERFINISHED
Miles Malleson NERFINISHED
Moira Shearer NERFINISHED
Shirley Anne Field NERFINISHED
centralTheme psychological trauma
the gaze of the spectator
the nature of cinematic spectatorship
voyeurism
cinematographer Otto Heller NERFINISHED
colorProcess Eastmancolor NERFINISHED
composer Brian Easdale NERFINISHED
considered key text in film theory on spectatorship
seminal work of psychological horror
controversialFor association of audience gaze with killer’s gaze
graphic depiction of voyeuristic murder
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfRelease United Kingdom NERFINISHED
director Michael Powell NERFINISHED
distributor Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors NERFINISHED
editor Noreen Ackland NERFINISHED
genre drama
psychological horror
thriller
homeMedia released on Blu-ray
released on DVD
impactOnCareer damaged Michael Powell’s reputation at the time of release
includedInList Sight & Sound critics’ polls of greatest films (various years) NERFINISHED
influenced horror films about serial killers
slasher films
initialCriticalReception highly negative in the United Kingdom
laterCriticalReception reappraised as a classic
mainCharacter Mark Lewis NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A shy focus puller and aspiring filmmaker murders women while filming their dying expressions with a camera that has a spike concealed in its tripod.
producer Michael Powell NERFINISHED
productionCompany Michael Powell (Productions) Ltd NERFINISHED
protagonistPortrayedBy Carl Boehm NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1960-04-07
releaseYear 1960
runtimeMinutes 101
screenwriter Leo Marks NERFINISHED
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to its production

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Michael Powell notableWork Peeping Tom
Karlheinz Böhm notableWork Peeping Tom
Otto Heller notableWork Peeping Tom
Otto Heller workedOn Peeping Tom
Christopher Challis notableWork Peeping Tom
Christopher Challis workedOn Peeping Tom
Lady Godiva hasLegend Peeping Tom
this entity surface form: Peeping Tom associated with Lady Godiva’s ride