Day 15: Repulsion (1965)
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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…
Day 14: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
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Day 14: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

It's Day 14 of this year's 31 Days of Horror, and we're talking about Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte from 1964!! If you're a listener of our podcast, then you'll recall we've done an episode over Bette Davis (who is the star of this movie) and an episode over Hag Horror (which is the genre of this movie). Both of those episodes were picked by Kelley, so she's clearly a fan. She also didn't pick this movie as her "good" choice for that Hag Horror episode; instead, she chose What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which is quite surprising to me because…