Repulsion
Movie • 1965 • Drama
ReportIn Roman Polanski's first English-language film, 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.
This movie contains 18 potentially triggering events.
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Only nightmares, and not very graphic, but do depict rape, repeatedly
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Is there pedophilia?
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It's implied, that the protagonist was abused as a young girl.
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Is there domestic violence?
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there is a dead, skinned rabbit prepared as food, and its body reoccurs throughout the movie
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A dead rabbit prepped for cooking is shown on a platter numerous times.
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Flies
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Sexual assault is a main theme of this movie.
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Does a head get squashed?
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A character dies of blunt trauma to the head.
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Michael is married and he's cheating with Helen
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There are apparitions, but because the main character is mentally ill, it's implied that they are hallucinations rather than spirits.
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Is there a shower scene?
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A body is dumped into a filled bathtub. You see him floating with blood issuing from his mouth.
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A gagging noise is heard and vomiting is implied but not shown onscreen.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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The main character appears to stop eating as her mental condition worsens.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Yes, there are a couple of shakey scenes, particularly at the end. I don't know why people are voting "no."
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Spoiler: it's implied that a dad abused her daughter
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No, but a fresh corpse is submerged in water on screen.
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