Repulsion

After watching this film, I’d honestly put this up there with any Hitchcock classic. Sure, you’re dealing with some pretty taboo themes for the time period, but the quality of this is just undeniable.

...but in 2019 it's just a well-crafted, glacially paced film that pretentious film festival types can convince themselves to fall in love with and think they're on to something retro-new. But hey, an hour and a half of young Catherine Deneuve b&w closeups, so there's that.

Maybe reading the plot summary and all the great reviews I was expecting too much. The movie was slow especially the first half, and was hardly horrifying. It was an okay movie, just don’t go in expecting a 4/5 star “most horrifying movie ever made”, because its not.

"Considered one of the most frightening movies ever made".....um..by whom? Maybe back in 1955 or whenever this was made, but this was not one bit scary in the least! As a black and white film made in that era there is nothing wrong with it at all. But with all the other reviews on here talking about how "terrifying" this movie is, I was completely misled! Don't make my mistake, rent this but be prepared for a slow, good film but NOT a scary one. this should be in just classics NOT horror genre!

Just finished watching it and it was frightening to see this woman become unraveled. There's no gore or supernatural entities in this movie but it's amazing to see the human mind become undone!

It takes a while to get started but it's one of those films that draws you in.. Shot and set in London (yes, the plot summary is wrong) around South Kensington and Earl's Court (I live in the same mansion block) it's not only a gripping story, but gives a fascinating view of those areas and the people of London during the time.. This was also Polanski's first english language film so worth watching even just for that.. Definitely worth a viewing…

Nobody knows how to tell a tale about someone trapped alone in a tight space and losing their frickin' gourd like Roman Polanski! I wrote a review earlier after I'd bought the movie, but now I just finished watching it and enjoyed it as much as I hoped. Like most of Polanski's work, this is very slow moving and has a minimalist style. That plus the fact that it's in black and white and more than five years old, means it's probably not the right kind of horror film for the typical teenie-bopper out there with the attentions span of a carrot. I gave it four stars rather than five simply because it didn't BLOW ME AWAY. That said, I did think it's a very good movie, twisted and disturbing, and most of Polanski's films have a tenency to grow on you. At first they may seem too slow or hard to understand, but with each viewing, you like them more and more. Each time I watch "The Tenant" I like it even more, and I'm sure once I've watched "Repulsion" a couple more times, I'll be changing my score from four stars to five... Nice job, Roman! And thanks iTunes for having a movie that's outside the mainstream and somewhat obscure!

i diddnt get to see it ondemand but i wish they would put it back on there i dnt want to buy it untill i see it idk if i really want to see it now that i know it is in black and white

One of Polanski's best. Nice to see it on iTunes.

Great rarely seen movie nice job iTunes!