Peeping Tom

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Peeping Tom (1960, UK) is a Horror film directed by Michael Powell.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1960
  • Color
  • Running Time: 101 min | USA:86 min (cut version)
  • Production Co: Michael Powell (Theatre)
  • Distribution Co: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1960) (UK) (theatrical) (as Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd.) | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1961) (Canada) (theatrical) | Astor Pictures Corporation (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Michael Powell
  • Written by Leo Marks
  • Starring: Karl Heinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
  • Produced by Albert Fennell, Michael Powell
  • Original Music by Brian Easdale
  • Cinematography by Otto Heller
  • Film Editing by Noreen Ackland

Plot Summary

  • A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

Also Known As

  • Le Voyeur (Belgium) (French title) / France
  • A Tortura do Medo (Brazil)
  • A Vítima do Medo (Portugal)
  • Augen der Angst (Germany)
  • Face of Fear
  • El Fotógrafo del pánico (Spain)
  • Fotomodeller jages (Denmark)
  • Kadin katili (Turkey) (Turkish title)
  • Kurkistelija (Finland) (informal title)
  • De Loerder (Belgium) (Flemish title)
  • L'Occhio che uccide (Italy)
  • Peeping Tom - en smygtittare (Sweden)
  • Pelon kasvot (Finland)
  • Röntgenci (Turkey) (festival title) (Turkish title)
  • Smrt u ocima (Yugoslavia) (Croatian title)
  • The Fotographer of Panic
  • Tres rostros para el miedo (Argentina)
  • Zvedavec (Czechoslovakia) (Czech title)

Taglines

  • Stark Terror Meets Art in a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse. (DVD)
  • Do you know what the most FRIGHTENING thing in the world is ...?"
  • Terror Meets Art in a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse
  • WARNING! Don't see Peeping Tom unless you are prepared to see the screaming shock and raw terror in the faces of those marked for death!
  • Can you see yourself in this picture? Can you imagine yourself facing the terror of a diabolical killer? Can you guess how you'd look? You'll live that kind of excitement, suspense, horror, when you watch "Peeping Tom".
  • Don't dare tell the ending to anyone - you'll be blamed for nightmares!
  • What made this the most diabolical murder weapon ever used?
  • An adventure into terror
  • More Horrible Than Horror
  • More Terrible Than Terror!
  • Marked for death by Peeping Tom - To Look Meant Danger To Smile Meant Death!
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