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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release1965

Runtime1h 45m

StatusReleased

Budget$300,000

Revenue$3,100,000

Production

Compton Films

Tekli British Productions

Movie

Repulsion

1965

1h 45m

7.4

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Synopsis

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. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.

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