Without question one of this countries greatest filmmakers, Michael Powell had been at the peak of his talent for some years when he made the film that effectively ended his career. The story of a young film technician and wannabe filmmaker who kills women and films their dying moments was labasted as a work of extreme bad taste and little artistic merit. And it's a marvellous, daring and visionary movie, but one that received a critical pasting, despite being released the same year as a similarly themed film starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Alfred Hitchcock that found critical approval and widespread success. The late Alexander Walker suggested that the critics were not responsible, but I seem to remember that Powell told a very different story.

Peeping Tom is one of those films that have undergone a critical reversal in the intervening years, and rightly so. It's a compelling, disturbing and visually striking work that fully deserves its present classic status, not least for Otto Heller's cinematography. It looked good on DVD, and on 22nd November it's coming to Blu-ray courtesy of Optimum Home Entertainment at the RRP of £19.99.

Essentially an upgrade of their previous DVD release (you can read our review here), the disc will contain the following extras:

• Introduction by Martin Scorsese;
• Interview with Thelma Schoonmaker;
• Commentary by Ian Christie;
• The Eye of The Beholder (30 mins – Scorsese, Schoonmaker and Christie among others talking about the film);
• The Strange Gaze of Mark Lewis (25 mins) about psychology of protagonist;
• Restoration Comparison;
• Trailer;
• Behind the scenes stills gallery.

Cover artwork will follow later.