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1960 is a great year of suspense films, with two great movies made by two great directors - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom. Heartthrob reminds me of Peeping Tom, except I have sympathies for Tom, an abused child who developed as a psychopath and committed suicide the exact way he killed everyone while I find it absolutely absurd to show sympathy to Heartthrob's Henry.
This movie is based on the feelings of his obsession to this girl, Sam. The beginning of their relationship begins with a conversation of arguments, later dishonesty and obsessive murderes and surveillance.
Henry is absolutely head over heels of this Sam, and he even in one scene tells her mother how easily he can use the cup to kill her. His...