Where to watch Peeping Tom

What it's about

Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies a local porno shop with cheesecake photos and also dabbles in filmmaking. A lonely, unfriendly, sexually repressed fellow, Mark is obsessed with the effects of fear and how they are registered on the face and behavior of the frightened. This obsession dates from the time when, as a child, he served as the subject of some cold-blooded experiments in terror conducted by his own scientist father. As a grown man, Mark becomes a compulsive murderer who kills women and records their contorted features and dying gasps on film. His ongoing project is a documentary on fear. With 16mm camera in hand, he accompanies a prostitute to her room and stabs her with a blade concealed in his tripod, all the while photographing her contorted face in the throes of terror and death. Alone in his room, he surrounds himself with the sights and sounds of terror: taped screams, black-and-white "home movies" of convulsed faces. At his house, he meets Helen Stephens, a young woman who lives with her blind mother in a downstairs flat. She visits his flat, where he shows her black-and-white films that were taken of him when he was a child. She is horrified to see that his father used him as a guinea pig in various experiments, taking movies of his reactions of fear.

Cast and crew

Director

Michael Powell

Writer

Leo Marks

Starring

Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer

Details

Released

1960-05-16

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Box office

$36,598

Awards

1 win total

Where to watch Peeping Tom — common questions

Where to watch Peeping Tom?

You can watch the movie Peeping Tom on Cultpix, Lionsgate+, BFI Player, and Chilling in the United States. It is also free on Kanopy, Tubi TV, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it on Prime Video and Apple TV Store.

Where can I watch Peeping Tom?

You can watch the movie Peeping Tom on Cultpix, Lionsgate+, BFI Player, and Chilling in the United States. It is also free on Kanopy, Tubi TV, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it on Prime Video and Apple TV Store.

Where can I stream the movie Peeping Tom (1960)?

Peeping Tom is streaming on Cultpix, Lionsgate+, BFI Player, and Chilling in the United States.

Can I watch Peeping Tom for free?

Yes. Peeping Tom is available free on Kanopy, Tubi TV, and Fawesome in the United States.

Is Peeping Tom on Cultpix?

Yes. You can watch Peeping Tom on Cultpix in the United States.

Is Peeping Tom on Lionsgate+?

Yes. You can watch Peeping Tom on Lionsgate+ in the United States.

Is Peeping Tom on BFI Player?

Yes. You can watch Peeping Tom on BFI Player in the United States.