Peeping Tom
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Carl Boehm as a killer who films his victims in 1960's "Peeping Tom." (COURTESY PHOTO)

Next Friday, the fifth installment of the self-aware slasher franchise “Scream” will be released. With that in mind let’s take a look at one of the founding fathers of the slasher genre, 1960’s “Peeping Tom.”

Many credit Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” as the earliest precursor to the slasher horror sub-genre, but “Peeping Tom” was released in England three months prior. Alas, even though no blood is shown, the film was declared deplorable by critics and was pulled from theaters within a week.

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Carl Boehm and Anna Massey in "Peeping Tom." (COURTESY PHOTO)

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