LOOKY-LOO (2025)

Streaming on Tubi from Weird on Top Pictures!
Directed by Jason Zink.
Written by Nolan Mihail.
Check out the trailer here!!

A twisted voyeur stalks, assaults, and murders one woman at a time as seen through the lens of his video camera.

I understand this is going to be a divisive movie for some. In a nutshell, LOOKY-LOO is one man with a camera walking around and entering women’s homes, punctuated by the occasional murder or act of perversion. It’s a simple low budget movie. But it is that rawness that appeals to me so much. This feels absolutely real. I mean, if you were to tell me that this is actual footage taken by a murderous peeping tom, I’d believe you. And that’s what makes it so terrifying.

We know very little about the antagonist. He considers himself a filmmaker as he is titling and editing this project. He takes particular items from his victims and adds them to his mannequin at home as trophies. And when he sees something that titillates him, he tends to get overly excited. All of this fleshes out the character to be a creep, but the film messes with your head in a way that few others have.

Reminiscent of the MANIAC remake from a decade ago, because the only perspective you see is the killer’s, I caught myself rooting for this awful person not to be caught. It’s unavoidable. You can’t help but do this. LOOLY-LOO plays with your morality. It entices you with that voyeuristic pull of seeing these women unaware of being watched. And never really gives you a break from that uncomfortable feeling. Sure, we’ve been watching films through the eyes of a killer for ages, starting with BLACK CHRISTMAS and HALLOWEEN, but few films place you firmly in the role of the voyeur/killer like this one does.

If you’re able to sit with the aforementioned MANIAC, or films like IN A VIOLENT NATURE and ANGST, you’re going to be able to endure LOOKY-LOO. It will effectively creep you and make you feel unclean after watching. For me, that kind of lingering after-effect is something I look for in horror. It really gets under your skin and gnaws. LOOKY-LOO certainly accomplishes that.