Repulsion

About Repulsion

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment.

Repulsion is a 1965 horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. Released in June 1965, it runs 105 minutes.

Catherine Deneuve takes the lead as Carol Ledoux, Ian Hendry as Michael, John Fraser as Colin, and Yvonne Furneaux as Hélène Ledoux. Written by Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski.

Shelv files it under loneliness, psychological horror, hallucination, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It streams on Brew, fuboTV, and Midnight Pulp in the United States.

Images, The Lighthouse, and Cure make useful companions to Repulsion, all filed under psychosis. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 1,146 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.