The movie stars Nigel Davenport (A Man for All Seasons), Jack Watson (Konga), Michael Goodliffe (The One that Got Away), Maxine Audley (Hell is a City), Carl Boehm, Brenda Bruce (Henry V), and Shirley Ann Field (Alfie).
I was a little concerned at first by the name that this film may be nothing more then some kind of skin film. My expectations were that it was just some avant garde sex film. There was only one brief scene with some nudity. I was glad it turned into a psychological thriller.
The plot of the movie is Boehm, who is mentally abused by his father for research as a child, grows up to be a killer of the subjects of his short films. He also works for a normal movie studio for general release.
There is a scene at the start of the film that looks like a set for Singing in the Rain. It just had that feeling of the set. The music used in the film seems a lot diffrent then what they would use today. The cross hairs, for focusing?, on Boehm camera reminded me of cross hairs for a gun. It may of been used for the killing that was comming but I may just read more into that than was there.
I read the discription of the movie after I watched it. In the discription it said there was simularities with Psyco. What I saw that was in both was an abusive parent causing serious trauma in the child. Both parents ran a business that provided some access to victums and some degree of finacial help. A hotel, and a house with rooms to rent for Psyco and Peeping Tom. The kids turned in to killers. There may be a weak connection to the film One Hour Photo (a bad film with Robin Williams.) A connection being obbsesive people with access to photography or video.
Im rating this movie as a solid B. I dont know if it would be suitable for young kids but for most other people I say dont miss this film.
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