One might expect a film titled The Voyeur from the director of Vampyres and Coming of Sin to be an erotic thriller. That is not the case. The Voyeur is a dull drama about Roman, a successful architect, who is obsessed with seeing his wife with another man. His wife, Elena, does not like this idea, but her husband keeps pushing her. Roman, though, has a conflict. He wants to see Elena with someone else, but he is also jealous of his wife. This split emotion drives Roman to distraction at work and causes him to stare longingly at the firearms in the display window of a gun shop. This is not foreshadowing though as no bullets are ever fired. Instead, the film goes for an open ended, art house conclusion that is supposed to be deep and ironic, but merely comes across as lazy.
The Voyeur has little in terms of exploitation, some mild nudity and no violence. This means that the film has to rely on its story and characters. Unfortunately, neither one is very interesting. Clearly, The Voyeur is striving for something higher, but it will make many viewers rush to the less respected Black Candles or Vampyres.
