Episode 57: Peeping Tom (1960) & Tesis (1996)

Welcome to episode 57 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.This week we are exploring voyeurism, meta commentary and the world of the snuff movie with one film that, according to its director, ruined his career, and another that launched the career of its directorFirst up we have Peeping Tom from 1960, directed by Michael Powell. It stars Karl Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, and Maxine Audley.Then we follow this with the debut feature from acclaimed director Alejandro Amenábar. This is Tesis from 1996, and it stars Ana Torrent, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez, and Nieves Herranz.Along the way, we’ll be discussing the career of Michael Powell and the critical mauling that Peeping Tom, and Powell, received from the critics, the depiction of so-called snuff movies in cinema, the early career of Alejandro Amenábar and much moreRecommendationsVideodrome (1983)Mute Witness (1995)Strange Days (1995)ReferencesPeeping Tom (1960) Studio Canal (interviews and commentaries)Peeping Tom by Kiri Bloom Walden (Devil’s Advocates) A Very British Psycho: https://youtu.be/nc7jDPFgob4?si=cJ0_EOShHjMRex6Thttps://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/peepingtom.htmlhttps://www.planet-interview.de/interviews/karlheinz-boehm/33637/https://medium.com/geouwehoer/how-michael-powells-peeping-tom-1960-predicted-our-culture-of-voyeurism-in-2020-20e06b6bafchttps://powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/60_PT/PT_Femme1.htmlhttps://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8473-peeping-tom-he-has-his-father-s-eyes?srsltid=AfmBOop_p2jUayaE1weY62utcGITK-IX9UC7JvdVkmXsfeUgYknGhLFjhttps://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/peeping-tom-1960Tesis (1996) Umbrella Entertainment Blu-ray (interviews and commentaries)Spanish Horror Film by Antonio Lázaro-RebollThe Spanish Fantastic by Shelagh Rowan-LeggSupranational Horrors by Rui M. Trindade OliveiraNightmare Movies by Kim Newman https://www.madrimasd.org/blogs/imagen_cine_comunicacion_audiovisual/2012/05/31/126017https://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/noticia/alejandro-amenabar-nunca-cierro-las-puertas-al-mas-alla/https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/09/11/alejandro-amenabar-si-cervantes-viviera-hoy-probablemente-estaria-en-una-carroza-del-orgullo-gay-cadena-ser/https://www.academiadecine.com/2021/05/27/amenabar-el-chico-que-los-tenia-alucinados/https://www.aceprensa.com/resenas-cine-series/tesishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Powellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Powell_filmographyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeping_Tom_(1960_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis_(1996_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_(film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_(1979_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodline_(1979_film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Findlay_(filmmaker)    Instagram: @thehorrordoublebillemail: [email protected]: @thehorrordoublebillartwork by Justin Parker (IG jpkr_illustration.com)