Peeping Tom (1960) by Michael Powell / p1/10

dark, watching other people's lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us, although most films are too well-behaved to mention it." In this reading, Lewis is an allegory of the director of a horror film. In horror movies, the directors kill victims, often innocents, to provoke responses from the audiences and to manipulate their responses. Lewis records the deaths of his victims with his camera and by using the mirror and showing each of his victims their last moments, provokes ...
Author: penthesilearu; Tags: Peeping-Tom British psychological thriller horror voyeurism serial murder film Michael-Powell Carl-Boehm Moira-Shearer Anna-Massey


















