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Repulsion
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767807708
Format: Black & White, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0767807707
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: April 21, 1998
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 03, 1965
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Editorial Review:
Roman Polanski was still a newcomer to the world of cinema when he unleashed this unforgettable exercise in skin-crawling terror. Repulsion was the Polish director's first film in English, but that hardly mattered: much of the movie is as wordless (and as weird) as the silent Nosferatu. The young Catherine Deneuve plays a Belgian girl stranded in '60s London, a shy beauty with no social skills. When her sister leaves their shared flat, Deneuve goes gradually, quietly, completely mad. Her world becomes Polanski's paintbox, as the devilish director distorts reality via a series of surrealistic touches (grasping hands that protrude from elastic walls) and out-and-out murderous horror. Very few films cast the kind of eerie spell that this 1965 classic achieves, and it clearly points the way toward Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. As with most of the director's work, what is unsettling is not the overt violence, but the terrifying sense of emptiness and isolation, and the boiling unease inside one's own mind. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Excellent Film
I really do understand why a lot of people don't like this movie. I really feel sorry for them, however. This is a very slow movie that rides it's suspense. The acting was excellent, Catherine Deneuve makes you want to grab her and scream what the hell is wrong with you. There is very little action or dialogue which might be a putoff for some people, personally, I was gripped throughout the whole movie. But this movie is certainly not for everyone. It was one of Polanski's first movies, and ... Read More
Rating: - REVIEW of Region 1 & 4 Latin America release
I read the Repulsion DVD comparison/review between the region 1 and region 2 releases on dvdbeaver.com. Region 1 being just unacceptable quality and region 2 suffering from artificial contrast boosts as well as a DTS track that makes you turn down the sound at parts. I was seriously considering buying the criterion laser disc for $100 due to my loyalty in wanting to see the film as closely as possible to the way Mr. Polanski intended. I then saw the Latin America release (region 1 and 4) and decided ... Read More
Rating:  - Great film, poor DVD
I am only rating this three stars because this particular DVD is of such poor quality. If you have a multi-region player I would recommend buying the region 2 version of this film (available here and on Amazon UK) - I have seen both versions and the picture quality on the region 2 version is far superior. Other than that - Repulsion is a gem. Polanski at his finest. Cannot recommend this movie enough. Agreed on the calls for a Criterion Collection release!
Rating: - A masterpiece!
I've seen "Repulsion" quite a few times over the years, and it never gets any less absorbing to watch in spite of knowing the outcome.
Catherine Denueve is incandescently beautiful in it but this all masks her real persona which I guess is shown in the early photograph of her when she was just a child. The rest of her family, involved all together in the event of having their picture taken, but her, aloof, distant, in the background, staring into space, not really wanting to be a part of it. I ... Read More
Rating: - Timeless Horror: As Cinematic as a Silent Film. As Modern as a Contemporary Film.
"Repulsion" (1965) was Roman Polanski's first English language film and the first of what would retrospectively be thought of as his "apartment trilogy", the other two films being "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) and "The Tenant" (1976). Whatever your neighbors might be up to, it is probably best left undiscovered. "Repulsion" is top-notch psychological horror about a woman's descent into madness within the confines of her apartment, aided by nothing more than her own troubled psyche and everyday creaks and cracks, ... Read More
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