Peeping Tom (film): Difference between revisions

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Mark Lewis is a man who tends to court women, usually prostitutes. They usually consider him some kind of a creep with his obsession of bringing his camera with him everywhere and filming their encounters. But they don't realize the kind of deal he has in mind until they're alone and he kills them with his tripod, but not before frightening them with something that makes them cringe with terror.

The police start suspecting a man who barely talks with other people and has his camera always running (that would be Mark), and eventually they find enough evidence to convict the man. Mark, knowing this, takes cover in his house and when Helen follows him, trying to help him, she finally witnesses what he has been doing. {{spoiler|He’s making a documentary, [[In the Blood|like his father before him]], of the fear of death, using a mirror to show the soon-to-be victims their faces full of terror. When the police find him, [[Driven to Suicide|he commits suicide]], giving his documentary an appropriate ending}}.

 

 

A personal favorite of [[Martin Scorsese]]. It's also one of the Greatest Films of [[Roger Ebert]].

 

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: His father is the main reason Mark is the way he is.

* [[Bowdlerise]]: When it was first released, the censors cut shots of the murders, nudity and {{spoiler|Mark’s suicide}}.

* [[For Science!]]: It seems to be {{spoiler|his father}}'s motto.

* [[Foreshadowing]]:

* [[Freudian Excuse]]

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Who could have thought of using a tripod's leg as a butcher’s knife?

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