Here’s a brief overview of horror cinema from the 1980s as part of our series during this year’s 31 Days of Horror!!
1970s Horror Cinema Overview
Here’s a brief overview of horror cinema from the 1970s as part of our series during this year’s 31 Days of Horror!!
Day 15: Repulsion (1965)
Welcome back for Day 15 of this year’s 31 Days of Horror series! Today we’ll be talking about Roman Polanski’s 1965 thriller, Repulsion. First of all, this is a weird, weird movie. There is so much symbolism, and so much psychological commentary, that it leaves the viewer unsure how to separate the real from the imagined. Even after watching, I still don’t know which aspects were exclusively happening inside the main character’s mind, and which aspects legitimately occurred. I’m certain that this is intentional on the part of Mr. Polanski, but it is a bit of a negative as well as a positive for me, personally. The film mainly revolves around …