Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Directed by Michael Powell
london, england
primal fear
photography
obsession
childhood trauma
serial killer
landlord
boarding house
psychological thriller
filmmaking
illegal prostitution
peeping tom
loner
voyeurism
blind mother
traumatic childhood
blind woman
sexual predator
proto-slasher
male gaze
mother and daughter
disturbed person
psychological horror
psychological drama
psychological trauma
psychological distress
focus puller
Rank
#10 in 1960·#1137 overall
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Cast
Karlheinz Böhm
Mark Lewis
Moira Shearer
Vivian
Anna Massey
Helen Stephens
Maxine Audley
Mrs. Stephens
Brenda Bruce
Dora
Miles Malleson
Elderly Gentleman Customer
Esmond Knight
Arthur Baden
Martin Miller
Dr. Rosen
Michael Goodliffe
Don Jarvis
Jack Watson
Chief Insp. Gregg
Shirley Anne Field
Pauline Shields
Pamela Green
Milly
Crew
Michael Powell
Director
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Michael Powell
Producer
Nat Cohen
Presenter
Popular Reviews
708 reviews
Andre
9.5★ · 09/24/25
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Treyward
9.0★ · 10/13/24
Mark Lewis: Do you know what the most frightening thing in the world is? It's fear.
Peeping Tom, despite so many scenes being overrun with tension, is surprisingly funny throughout its runtime.
Mark Lewis: Do you know what the most frightening thing in the world is? It's fear.
Peeping Tom, despite so many scenes being overrun with tension, is surprisingly funny throughout its runtime.
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Tisbutascratch
9.0★ · 06/28/26
Way more of a tragedy than I was expecting. Half expected him to fuck the camera at some point tho
Way more of a tragedy than I was expecting. Half expected him to fuck the camera at some point tho
danny
7.6★ · 02/06/24
one of the prettier horror movies i've seen! bright bright bright colors and some fantastic shots. average person who wants to be a director/"is making a documentary"
this is for our psycho/voyeurism unit this week and on the walk home i was laughing to myself about a parent trap style movie about norman and mark getting their horrible corpse parents to go on a date
one of the prettier horror movies i've seen! bright bright bright colors and some fantastic shots. average person who wants to be a director/"is making a documentary"
this is for our psycho/voyeurism unit this week and on the walk home i was laughing to myself about a parent trap style movie about norman and mark getting their horrible corpse parents to go on a date