Peeping Tom-Vintage 60’s Cinema

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My boyfriend and I had just gotten back from a trip, so we didn’t feel much like doing anything but channel surfing.  We came across this thriller gem on the RETRO channel on cable-”Peeping Tom”-a freaky, British psychological thriller from the swinging 60’s about young man who films women reactions as he murders them.  Muuahahahaha!

The British audience at the time wasn´t used to all that violence on the big or little screen, so this film was a shocker.  However, Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was released about the same time.  What was in the air, I wonder? ”Peeping Tom” is as creepy as Hitchcock’s masterpiece about voyeurism, but not as well-acted.  Although I tried to tear myself away, I found myself glued to the tellie.  Did I become a voyeur myself??? 

For sure, I was checking out the outfits.  The lead female, for example has some cute pieces in there, like the orange dress she wears for her birthday.  The lingerie that the nudie models wear (the murderer is a photographer, as well.  How convenient!) are fantastic.  You also can’t miss a very strange, but energetic choreographed number of one victim before she dies and a peak what we used before we had Ipods and speaker phones!

Unfortunately, our blond leading man doesn’t venture much out of his beige color scheme, but he still looks cute enough to lure the unsuspecting female victims in front of his camera. 

A completely entertaining, if not thoroughly creepy, night at the movies!