Polanski takes his first English-language debut and whips up a potently paranoid tale of sexual frustration gone terribly wrong. Composing one of the three films of his so-called “Apartment” trilogy (the others being “Rosemary’s Baby” & “The Tenant”), “Repulsion” is compelling not because of the racy nature of what it depicts (since this was actually the first film to pass British censors in which female orgasm is alluded to), but rather the disturbingly calm manner with which Polanski delivers it.
