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It is some years since I saw this film but I still remember it vividly.I rate it much higher than all the other Tarzan films from the late forties to the present day.Mike Henry is adequate as Tarzan and Manuel Padilla Jr. is very natural in his role(he was later to play a similar role as Jai in the "Tarzan" television series of the sixties.)The supporting cast are fine too and the scenery is magnificent.Best of all however is the casting of Diana Millay as Ann.Combining beauty and brains this talented actress makes the lovely doctor she plays one of the most memorable heroines in any "Tarzan" film.

Due to sensitive nature of the subject matter this film was never widely seen.It concerns a young American girl who comes to London and gets involved with a bunch of no-good hooligans known as the "Pack".What happens after a very wild party that goes horribly wrong is what led to troubles with the censor as it includes necrophilia as well as other assorted horrors.Not for every taste (to put it mildly!)but interesting to see for those who can stomach it for the young rising stars involved,including a very young Louise Sorel.

All horror films feed off some widespread,atavistic fear in people:in "Repulsion" it is the fear of madness. Lovely Carol Ledoux lives with her sister Helen and Helen`s married lover Michael in a flat in London.Carol is Belgian,and though Helen is kind and motherly to Carol,she makes it clear without any hypocrisy that Michael is going to stay in the flat,though Carol isn`t comfortable around him-or any other man.Carol`s existence is a lonely and isolated one as she is frightened of all men and has nightmares of rape.She also drifts into catatonic states or becomes disturbed by cracks on walls and pavements.When Helen and Michael go on holiday her condition spirals out of control and leads to a nightmarish climax.To reveal more would spoil a brilliant and unique film. Conveying the problems of a schizophrenic is not an easy task,but Catherine Deneuve makes a better job of it than one would have thought possible-making Carol a sympathetic character and making us feel for her.All the supporting cast are consistently excellent,the production is the best and Roman Polanski makes a piece of work that is on a level with Alfred Hitchcock and the other great directors of our time. Few images of the cinema stay as vibrant as "Repulsion".