The movie has since been reclaimed, and given the acclaim it deserves.
When there is a discussion of what the first-ever slasher was, a lot of titles come up. John Carpenter's Halloween in 1978 certainly changed everything and set off the subgenre, with Friday the 13th and its sequels leading the way through the 1980s. Still, Halloween wasn't the first slasher. There had been others before it, like Bob Clark's Black Christmas in 1974.
Mark, as we'll quickly learn, is a killer, but one like few we've ever seen. He films his kills, giving us the first-person killer POV that would become so popular in slashers. This was 1960 though, so it's not like he was stealth with some little camera. No, the camera is on full display and becomes part of the act. Mark wants his victims, all women, to see the camera. They know they are alone with Mark as he films them, but they make nothing of it at first.
The Backlash Against 'Peeping Tom' Peeping Tom was absolutely gutted by British film critics. It was called "perverted nonsense," filthy, and depressing. One critic told their readers to “shovel it up and flush it swiftly down the nearest sewer." Director Michael Powell was dismissed. This man wasn't an artist, he was a sick pervert making something akin to a snuff film.
Peeping Tom was considered much too violent, even though its acts are mostly implied. This isn't a bloodbath, but a film that messes with your mind. In 1960, that distinction wasn't yet understood. Peeping Tom's star, Carl Boehm, once spoke in an interview about what happened after the film's premiere. "We were very surprised that there was no applause at the end of the film... Not one came maybe just to shake hands with us. We were completely stunned.
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