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Twitter Review: Repulsion

September 13, 2021August 12, 2009 by Culture Snob

Polanski’s obtuse ‘Repulsion’ mines fear of rape, men, abandonment. 1 great shock & effective spatial horror, but male POV leers and muddles

Tagged: Horror, Repulsion, Reviews, Roman Polanksi, Twitter, Twitter Reviews

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