A classic British psycho-thriller from the 1960’s Peeping Tom broke some new ground in the way film language describes mentally ill people. The film was quite controversial when it first appeared on our screens, some critics suggested that it in a lot of ways it put us the audience in the role of the peeping Tom..then again I’m sure that’s exactly what was intended. A lot of critics however got on their moral high-horse and effectively destroyed director Michael Powell’s career in England.

Peeping Tom follows a man who derives sexual pleasure from filming women in their dying moments, so he goes about killing them here there and everywhere. Carl Boehm is eery as the central character Mark Lewis who meets a girl he actually likes and struggles against his wanton needs..their are moments of tension in this film where you can cut the air with a knife all with that beautiful 1960’s colour!