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Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, based on a scenario by Polanski and Gérard Brach. It was his first English language film, and was filmed in Britain, as such being his second film made outside Poland. The cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser and Yvonne Furneaux. Polanski himself makes a cameo as a spoon player among a trio of street buskers.

Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve) is a young manicurist living in London, living with her sister and her married lover. Carol appears very shy, has several nervous tics, and doesn't react well to interacting with men. When the happy couple go on vacation and leave Carol alone, it's the beginning of an ever increasing spiral of madness and paranoia, as Carol little by little gets consumed by her repulsion towards both men and sexuality.

Tropes used in Repulsion include:

Does Not Like Men: Carol, if she's not afraid of them.
Dogged Nice Guy: Subverted with Colin.
Fingore ^[context?]
Mirror Scare ^[context?]
The Quiet One: Carol
The Rabbit Died: The film has a persistent motif of rabbits connected to issues of sexuality.
Sanity Slippage: What happens to Carol.

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-''Repulsion'' is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by Roman Polanski, based on a scenario by Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski. It was Polanski's first English language film, and was filmed in Britain, as such being his second film made outside Poland. The cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser and Yvonne Furneaux. Polanski himself makes a cameo as a spoon player among a trio of street buskers.
+'''''Repulsion''''' is a 1965 British psychological horror film directed by [[Roman Polanski]], based on a scenario by Polanski and Gérard Brach. It was his first English language film, and was filmed in Britain, as such being his second film made outside Poland. The cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser and Yvonne Furneaux. Polanski himself makes a cameo as a spoon player among a trio of street buskers.
-Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve) is a young Belgian manicurist who lives in Kensington, London, with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). Carol seems shy and interacts with men awkwardly. When Helen leaves on a holiday to Italy with her married boyfriend, Michael (Ian Hendry), Carol appears distracted at work, refuses to leave her apartment, leaves a raw, skinned rabbit out to rot, and sees hallucinations, first of the walls cracking, then hands reaching out to grab and attack her, and repeated nightmares or hallucinations of a man breaking into her bedroom and raping her.
+Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve) is a young manicurist living in London, living with her sister and her married lover. Carol appears very shy, has several nervous tics, and doesn't react well to interacting with men. When the happy couple go on vacation and leave Carol alone, it's the beginning of an ever increasing spiral of madness and paranoia, as Carol little by little gets consumed by her repulsion towards both men and sexuality.
-When Colin (John Fraser), a would-be suitor whom she has rejected, breaks into the flat, she bludgeons him to death with a candlestick and dumps the body into the overflowing bath. Later, the landlord (Patrick Wymark) arrives for the late rent. Carol pays him and at first just sits on the sofa, staring into space, as he remarks on the state of the apartment and gives her water to drink. But when he tries to force himself on her, she slashes him to death with a straight razor.
-When Helen and Michael return, they discover the dead bodies. Michael runs for help, instructing Helen to stay in her room where Helen, nearly catatonic herself, finds Carol hidden under the bed. Carol appears catatonic. Neighbors arrive and seem curious, concerned and genuine but do nothing until Michael returns and carries Carol out. A family photograph on the mantel shows Carol as a child looking with fear toward a male figure at the other side of the photograph.
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+* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Carol, if she's not afraid of them.
+* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Subverted with Colin.
+* [[Fingore]] {{context}}
+* [[Mirror Scare]] {{context}}
+* [[The Quiet One]]: Carol
+* [[The Rabbit Died]]: The film has a persistent motif of rabbits connected to issues of sexuality.
+* [[Sanity Slippage]]: What happens to Carol.
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