Peeping Tom
The scene begins with a sustained shot of a cozy dwelling, nestled amongst various other structures. A slight twitch of movement is visible in the window, as a vehicle pulls into the vicinity. A father and his 18-year-old daughter are relocating to one of the neighboring units.
As they drive into the driveway, the camera lingers on the window. Someone is observing them. The family parks their vehicle, unloads some boxes from the trunk, and steps into their new residence -- intercut with shots of the window.
From the perspective of the observer inside, the teenage girl can be seen returning to the vehicle, picking up a last bag, and taking a thorough glance around the vicinity. She's oblivious to the fact that she's being observed but there is something about the adjacent unit that makes her hesitate. She gazes at the window before going back inside.
CUT TO TITLE PLATE Weeks have flown by and the family has adjusted to their new residence. Inside the observer's cluttered unit, the camera glides over various notes, opened mail, and polaroid photos that he has captured while observing them, especially the 18-year-old girl. The observer is sitting on an armchair, pleasuring himself over the photos when he hears a noise outside.
He rushes to the window and watches the father departing the house. From his viewpoint, he sees the father embracing his daughter before driving off. She observes him leave before retrieving her cell phone, making a swift call, and returning inside.
Unable to decipher what she said, he records the time and event. An hour later, he hears the sound of another vehicle arriving. Wiping the drool from his mouth, he rushes back to the window.
A boy steps out of the car and approaches the girl. Playfully, she takes his hand and guides him into her house. Salivating, the observer records the event in his notebook and decides that he needs a closer look.
He stealthily moves to the rear of the unit and observes the teenage couple through a screen door. The girl sits the boy down and begins to perform a striptease for him. The observer hurriedly retrieves his cellphone and starts recording the entire scene.
We watch her undress completely before getting down on her knees and moving towards her boyfriend, intercut with shots of the observer nervously filming. Days pass by. The observer constantly re-watches the clip on his phone and decides that fantasizing over the teenage girl isn't sufficient, he needs to somehow persuade her to be with him.
So, he devises a plan. Disguising as the boyfriend, he pens a fake love note and leaves it at her doorstep, knocking and retreating back into his unit. She opens the door, finds the note, instructing her to meet her boyfriend at the observer's house.
When she arrives, the observer invites her in, assuring her that he's part of the romantic surprise and that her boyfriend will arrive any moment. She steps inside his house and he closes the door, locking it. They sit in his cluttered living room, an awkward silence filling the air.
As she tries to strike up a conversation, the observer observes her and struggles to contain himself. From his perspective, we see him scan her from head to toe. She grows uneasy and starts to leave when the observer panics and decides to reveal the video he's recorded.
She watches it in silence, her mouth agape. 'What are you doing with this?' she asks. 'My father can't know about AJ.
I just turned 18 and I'm about to move away to college next fall. If my dad finds out, he'll never permit it!' Gathering his courage, the observer tells her that he has no choice but to be a responsible neighbor and tell the father about what's happening behind his back. The daughter is shocked and in a moment of vulnerability, confesses that she's hiding secrets from him.
She pleads with the observer to keep quiet, promising to do whatever he wants to destroy the evidence. Feeling even more powerful, the erratic observer asks her to re-enact everything she did with her boyfriend in the video with him. Not wanting to be discovered, she hesitantly agrees, which leads into the BG sex scene.
The unsettling factor is amplified by the fact that he has evidently memorized the video and keeps referring to it, making her repeat her striptease and saying things like 'do that thing with your tongue like you did to him' etc… After they are done, the teenage girl ensures that the observer deletes the video file as agreed. She leaves the house in anger, looking back over her shoulder. The observer closes the door and, leaning against it with his eyes closed, he exhales a sigh of relief and satisfaction.
He then walks over to a laptop set up in the corner of the room that has been secretly recording everything. He leans into the camera and, smiling.
As they drive into the driveway, the camera lingers on the window. Someone is observing them. The family parks their vehicle, unloads some boxes from the trunk, and steps into their new residence -- intercut with shots of the window.
From the perspective of the observer inside, the teenage girl can be seen returning to the vehicle, picking up a last bag, and taking a thorough glance around the vicinity. She's oblivious to the fact that she's being observed but there is something about the adjacent unit that makes her hesitate. She gazes at the window before going back inside.
CUT TO TITLE PLATE Weeks have flown by and the family has adjusted to their new residence. Inside the observer's cluttered unit, the camera glides over various notes, opened mail, and polaroid photos that he has captured while observing them, especially the 18-year-old girl. The observer is sitting on an armchair, pleasuring himself over the photos when he hears a noise outside.
He rushes to the window and watches the father departing the house. From his viewpoint, he sees the father embracing his daughter before driving off. She observes him leave before retrieving her cell phone, making a swift call, and returning inside.
Unable to decipher what she said, he records the time and event. An hour later, he hears the sound of another vehicle arriving. Wiping the drool from his mouth, he rushes back to the window.
A boy steps out of the car and approaches the girl. Playfully, she takes his hand and guides him into her house. Salivating, the observer records the event in his notebook and decides that he needs a closer look.
He stealthily moves to the rear of the unit and observes the teenage couple through a screen door. The girl sits the boy down and begins to perform a striptease for him. The observer hurriedly retrieves his cellphone and starts recording the entire scene.
We watch her undress completely before getting down on her knees and moving towards her boyfriend, intercut with shots of the observer nervously filming. Days pass by. The observer constantly re-watches the clip on his phone and decides that fantasizing over the teenage girl isn't sufficient, he needs to somehow persuade her to be with him.
So, he devises a plan. Disguising as the boyfriend, he pens a fake love note and leaves it at her doorstep, knocking and retreating back into his unit. She opens the door, finds the note, instructing her to meet her boyfriend at the observer's house.
When she arrives, the observer invites her in, assuring her that he's part of the romantic surprise and that her boyfriend will arrive any moment. She steps inside his house and he closes the door, locking it. They sit in his cluttered living room, an awkward silence filling the air.
As she tries to strike up a conversation, the observer observes her and struggles to contain himself. From his perspective, we see him scan her from head to toe. She grows uneasy and starts to leave when the observer panics and decides to reveal the video he's recorded.
She watches it in silence, her mouth agape. 'What are you doing with this?' she asks. 'My father can't know about AJ.
I just turned 18 and I'm about to move away to college next fall. If my dad finds out, he'll never permit it!' Gathering his courage, the observer tells her that he has no choice but to be a responsible neighbor and tell the father about what's happening behind his back. The daughter is shocked and in a moment of vulnerability, confesses that she's hiding secrets from him.
She pleads with the observer to keep quiet, promising to do whatever he wants to destroy the evidence. Feeling even more powerful, the erratic observer asks her to re-enact everything she did with her boyfriend in the video with him. Not wanting to be discovered, she hesitantly agrees, which leads into the BG sex scene.
The unsettling factor is amplified by the fact that he has evidently memorized the video and keeps referring to it, making her repeat her striptease and saying things like 'do that thing with your tongue like you did to him' etc… After they are done, the teenage girl ensures that the observer deletes the video file as agreed. She leaves the house in anger, looking back over her shoulder. The observer closes the door and, leaning against it with his eyes closed, he exhales a sigh of relief and satisfaction.
He then walks over to a laptop set up in the corner of the room that has been secretly recording everything. He leans into the camera and, smiling.
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