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.
Repulsion has generally received very positive reviews.
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Repulsion was released in 1965 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 752 reviews, giving Repulsion (1965) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 82%.
With a score of 80%, Repulsion is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1965, which stands at 61%.
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