Ratings & Reviews
Special Features
- Audio Commentary featuring Polanski and Actress Catherine Deneuve
- A British Horror Film (2003), a Documentary on the making of Repulsion, featuring interviews with Polanski, Producer Gene Gutowski, and Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor, among others
- A 1964 French television documentary filmed on the set of Repulsion, with rare footage of Polanski and Deneuve at work
- Original Theatrical Trailers
- Plus: A Booklet featuring essay by film Scholar and Curator Bill Horrigan
Synopsis
Repulsion
The first English-language film of director Roman Polanski is a psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his own later film Rosemary's Baby (1968). Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When her sister and Michael go on holiday, Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters, being forced into taking a sabbatical from her job and ultimately committing a pair of murders in her deranged state. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
The first English-language film of director Roman Polanski is a psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his own later film Rosemary's Baby (1968). Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When her sister and Michael go on holiday, Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters, being forced into taking a sabbatical from her job and ultimately committing a pair of murders in her deranged state. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Cast & Crew
- Catherine Deneuve - Carol Ledoux
- Ian Hendry - Michael
- John Fraser - Colin
- Patrick Wymark - Landlord
- Yvonne Furneaux - Helen Ledoux