- Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
- Directors: Roman Polanski
- Writers: Roman Polanski, David Stone, Gérard Brach
- Producers: Gene Gutowski, Michael Klinger, Robert Sterne, Sam Waynberg
- Format: NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- VHS Release Date: April 21 1998
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0767807707
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #6,256 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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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
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Scenes Deleted.,
This review is from: Repulsion [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
My copy says "Director Approved" and I am ticked off. I saw this film on its initial release in 1965, and the horrific scene of Deneuve crawling on the floor with the rabbit in her hand has stayed in my memory for 45 years. Now that scene is gone, along with the original wrap-up scenes from the film. I'm not going to get overly excited about a DVD but this is not the movie I thought I was buying. At the least, the editors could have included a 'deleted scenes' feature in the extras.My rating reflects my disappointment. I'm still a fan of Polanski's films.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie, Poor Video,
By A Customer
This review is from: Repulsion - Vhs (VHS Tape)
A wonderful film, but the current video transfer is quite poor; grainy image, and annoying audio hum throughout.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant film; unwatchable tape,
By Win Martin (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Repulsion - Vhs (VHS Tape)
REPULSION is a classic suspense film, worth of watching over and over again to capture all its subtleties. However, this specific tape is of such poor quality that watching the film is almost impossible. The video is smeary and indistinct, but worst of all the sound is so muffled that nearly all of the dialogue is rendered unintelligible. Please see this film; however, make sure you don't make the mistake I did of renting/buying this edition.
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