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REPULSION, starring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve, was director Roman Polanski's first movie filmed in English. It chronicles the descent into schizophrenia of a sexually confused, isolated young woman named Carol who works at a beauty parlor and shares an apartment with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). One day Helen .. Read more

Starring	Valerie Taylor, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Director	Roman Polanski
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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  Unsettling psychological horror from Polanski
  
  Roman Polanski's macabre classic 'Repulsion' stars Catherine Deneuve as Carole, a timid, sexually repressed Belgian girl living in London with her ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 17 Aug 2004 at 20:28
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  Excellent performance from Catherine Deneuve in an otherwise boring film
  
  Catherine Deneuve is a fine actress, and what a dazzling beauty! I couldn't help but notice how similar Gwyneth Paltrow looked like Catherine Deneuve when ... read more »
  
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- 1075633
- - LWong
  - 35 reviews
  - 23 Dec 2011 at 15:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Another side to the swinging sixties
  
  This is one of Roman Polanski’s London films and it may be his best. His exploration of incipient mental illness in a young woman is quite fascinating. ... read more »
  
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- 1042692
- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Sep 2011 at 12:58
- - 1
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  Beautiful Film!
  
  A visually beautiful film.
  
  Catherine Deneuve is excellent as the young woman who is slowly driven off the rails by isolation and paranoia. She plays ... read more »
  
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- - VickiMihn
  - 36 reviews
  - Warrington
  - 18 Feb 2011 at 14:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Glacial, but too vague
  
  Despite its glacial pace, and lack of insight into the main/any characters state of mind, this film kept me watching.
  
  Main actress is dead eyed, ... read more »
  
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- - rabbit1969
  - 42 reviews
  - Cambridge, England
  - 13 Jan 2011 at 13:20
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  - 0
  Slow, and gripping
  
  I've just seen this for the second time - first time was about 35 years ago. Some of the scenes - especially the hands-out-of-the-wall sequence - have ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 17 Dec 2010 at 00:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Hands off, baby hands off!
  
  A disturbing masterclass in paranoia, sexual repulsion and eventual descent into madness. Brilliantly shot, with some memorable visuals, Polanski pushes us, ... read more »
  
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- 936185
- - jesuskenevil
  - 212 reviews
  - Bruton
  - 01 Nov 2010 at 07:24
- - 1
  - 0
  Master of the macabre!
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  A tale of a womans descent into madness through the repulsion of men due to being raped in her younger years, the claustrophobic flat that she rents along with ... read more »
  
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- - TimmyH
  - 229 reviews
  - Burnham-on-Crouch
  - 28 Jul 2010 at 12:28
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  Crazy Dark & weird
  
  This is a Roman Polanski movie from 1965. It's moody and weird yet it looks amazing and is captivating. The story revolves around Carole. She lives with her... read more »
  
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- 841810
- - Mosco
  - 201 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Dec 2009 at 13:37
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  - 7
  Never watched
  
  No idea!!! I wouldnt bother anyway
  
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- 801473
- - nye1978
  - 16 reviews
  - Cardiff
  - 22 Aug 2009 at 20:10
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  A classic masterpiece
  
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  This film is one of the great films of the 1960's by Roman Polanski and reminds me of a Hitchcock classic. Catherine Deneuve is outstanding and so is the ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Kent
  - 06 Aug 2009 at 13:37
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- - 19
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  Unsettling psychological horror from Polanski
  
  Roman Polanski's macabre classic 'Repulsion' stars Catherine Deneuve as Carole, a timid, sexually repressed Belgian girl living in London with her ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 15060
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 17 Aug 2004 at 20:28
- - 12
  - 6
  Is It London Or Just Me?
  
  I Have Read The Reviews For This Film,
  
  Mostly From London And Surrounding Areas,And Just Wondered If They Are On A Different Planet To Me.This Film ... read more »
  
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- - Brian Peel
  - Newport South Wales
  - 07 May 2006 at 21:48
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  Quite a film for 1965
  
  And quite a film for 2005 for that matter. Everyone who has made a horror movie in the last forty years has been influenced by Repulsion, whether they were ... read more »
  
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- 137869
- - nostromo
  - Reading
  - 08 Aug 2005 at 21:57
- - 7
  - 0
  I just don't get it...
  
  ... the description made it sound wonderful, and yet I find myself sitting here wondering why I actually wasted almost two hours of my life watching something ... read more »
  
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- 309334
- - spankyb
  - LONDON
  - 12 Sep 2004 at 22:57
- - 7
  - 3
  overrated and out of date
  
  This is the worse Polanskit film ever!!!! Even worse than Bittermoon.
  
  For better alternative features check out Eraserhead and Pi.
  
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- 251531
- - Charlie
  - Brixton, London
  - 05 Jun 2006 at 10:53
- - 5
  - 0
  Sweet Seventeen?
  
  The story of a young French girl sharing a flat in London with her older sister, whose lover occasionally comes to stay. This triggers off a deeply-felt ... read more »
  
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- - kymin2004
  - Gwent
  - 10 Mar 2004 at 21:26
- - 3
  - 0
  They don't make them like this anymore
  
  This film is a bit weird, but that is Roman Polanski, take a chance with it. It was made long before gory special effects took over our thrillers. This is a ... read more »
  
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- - Baci
  - OXON
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 23:08
- - 2
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  Low budget chiller,
  
  Beautifull French girl wanders around the streets of South Ken and flat looking vacant and thinking of sex.When men try to get close,she get`s violent.Not a lot... read more »
  
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- - john evans
  - cardiff,wales
  - 28 Jun 2004 at 23:25
- - 2
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  Brilliantly executed and chilling psychodrama
  
  The best 'horror' films creep on you and 'Repulsion' does this in a skilful and cunning way that leave you reeling for days afterwards.
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- - cteague1
  - London
  - 29 Mar 2004 at 15:17
- - 2
  - 0
  Scary!!!
  
  Here we have a truly frightening film, directed with mephistophelian panache by that master of weirdness, Roman Polanski.
  
  Catherine Deneuve brings it... read more »
  
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- 321142
- - neworder
  - Shropshire
  - 31 Jan 2005 at 13:37

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  REPULSION, starring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve, was director Roman Polanski's first movie filmed in English. It chronicles the descent into schizophrenia of a sexually confused, isolated young woman named Carol who works at a beauty parlor and shares an apartment with her sister Helen (...