Repulsion is the scariest if not actually the goriest Grand Guignol since Psycho.

The rest of the film has that gurgling, soapy sound of muffed intentions going down the plug hole like bath water.

Deneuve, as the woman whose fear of sexual contact is at the base of her neurosis, has seldom been less like her icy self.

The real focus is on detailing how the callous treatment of Carol by practically everyone around her only further serves to denigrate her standing as a “real” person rather than just a desirable beauty.