Repulsion fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography, editing, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Repulsion is nerve-racking and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography, editing, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, editing, and visual style stand out.
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Repulsion is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Brew, and Midnight Pulp in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Cineverse, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 86/100 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 91). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 45 min
Repulsion runs 1 h 45 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Repulsion higher (94) than audiences (79). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $300,000 to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 10.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
+117GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Repulsion in 131 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 38 storytelling tropes for Repulsion, including Sanity Slippage, Eye Open, Rape Leads to Insanity.
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