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Peeping Tom (1960)

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Film Reviews, Lgbt Horror, Gay, Gay Horror, Queer Horror, Lgbt, Queer, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8854 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

We're jetting back to 1960 to check out Michael Powell's classic Peeping Tom. First: forget Psycho (ok, we can't help but make comparisons!). But really, this film deserves more attention and recognition, and not just because it's a trivia question in Scream 4! Joe is adamant that the film is about more than gendered violence, while Trace has all of the medical deets about scopophilic fetishism aka voyeurism. Plus: a Scorcese save, penis tripods, films within films (Singin' in the Rain!), the film's interest in disability, and our love of these female characters, especially Moira Shearer's Vivian. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Be sure to support the boys on Patreon!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.

0:10.6

The following show is just horrifying.

0:15.9

Beware. Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.

0:33.5

Your lemon squares taste like ass.

0:45.5

And welcome back to horror queers.

0:48.5

We're talking trusting a man who walks quietly.

0:50.9

We're talking match on action.

0:56.4

And we're talking, that's silly bitch, she fainted in the wrong scene and i'm joke i'm so glad you said that and we're talking oh my god and i'm trace and we are not talking psycho again

1:03.5

this year this is true we did debate it like we gave it some very serious thought and then you said

1:09.7

how about instead of doing psycho which is which is the obvious choice, we do

1:13.3

Peeping Tom, which is the underseen choice, which is ironic, considering we just finished

1:18.8

that.

1:19.4

Well, you know, we went through the 2010s in our underseen and underrated.

1:23.7

So I think it really needs to, we need to go back to the 60s because, granted, I mean, yes, everyone, we were discussing peeping Tom in this episode today, which if you haven't seen it, um, big recommend, please go see it.

1:33.8

Absolutely. film and have seen this film but I also think there's a good subset of people who only know about this film because of the trivia question Kirby Reid receives in Scream4.

1:47.3

Mm-hmm. I think you're giving Scream 4 quite a lot of credit. I think a lot of people

1:53.7

just know about this in connection to Psycho. It's like which one of two controversial films

1:59.0

came out in 1960? Well, you didn't get two replies from your tweet talking about this film where they were like,

2:04.0

oh yeah, I heard about this on Scream 4 and I've been meaning to watch it.

2:07.9

Yeah, let me guess.

2:09.2

Were they gay and born in a certain decade?

2:13.5

Maybe, I don't know.

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