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Repulsion
: Repulsion is the masterpeice of director Roman Polanski and one of the most disturbing films ever made. The movie refuses to be outright scary instead it goes at a decaying pace as you see Denueve slowly and quietly go made which is more disturbing than scary. Polanski tells the story visually and uses a technique of deleting sound at key moments which is a brilliant move. Themes of mental decay and the faceless nameless rapist that denueve sees are very powerful. Overall and excellent, disturbing film that stays with you for your hole life.
Roman Polanski sets up a tense atmosphere for this macabre tale where every black-and-white shot is subjectively motivated by the deranged character played with quiet brilliance by Catherine Deneuve, until the final shot becomes one of objective reality. Carol's world comes apart when her sister goes off on a holiday to Italy with her boyfriend and leaves her alone in the apartment. She starts hallucinating and having nightmares, which show her loneliness and sexual repressions. She watches as cracks in the wall appear to widen, hands come out of the wall groping her, and she imagines herself being raped. Unable to get her mind in order she appears unfit at work and is sent home, and this is after three days of staying home from work without calling in. This is real horror. Watch it alone in the dark...
Who learned from whom? Polanski from Hitchcock from Polanski from Wells. This movie is an excellent tale of psychosis reaching maturity. The photograhic and sound elements just beyond the main focus are not to be missed. My only regret is not having seen this classic sooner.
 Roman Polanski let his imagination run wild and the result is this film about a young London beautician's decent into madness. Isolating herself from the outside world, the beautiful, sexually repressed woman murders those who try to reach out to her. With such nightmarish images as groping arms bursting through walls, and the incredibly effective performance by Catherine Deneuve, it's a surrealistic, scary trip into the mind of a very disturbed young woman.
Repulsion is different from other horror movies because it is mostly a psychological thriller, a rarity in the genere. It was amazing how Polanski used the apartment as a metaphor of Carol's subconscious. Although it is not a work of art, even though many people think it is, this movie provids plenty of thrills for a Friday night when a person is home alone.
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