Captain Voyeur

John Carpenter made this short while a student at University of Southern California. It's a fairly straightforward story about a peeping tom who puts on a balaclava and watches women through their windows. Shot in black and white, with minimal audio, the tone is suitably creepy. There's not much story, character or insight to this, possibly it would have been considered risque at the time, but it's otherwise quite conventional. That said, Carpenter's talent for visuals is evident, with the use of low-key lighting and dynamic composition making for a striking look to the film. Probably only of interest to hardcore Carpenters fans, who'll be duly entertained, otherwise just another promising student film.