Blurred boundaries between reality and imagination

Ubaldo 2021-12-22 08:01:12

After watching "Cold Blood Horror" on a sleepy night, I thought that the horror scenes in the film were like "Black Swan". Potatoes, the lover of the sister in the bed, the hand-cut suitor and the landlord, Polanski used an ambiguous technique to completely blur the boundary between reality and fantasy, and I was dozed off and couldn’t even tell whether it was the plot of the film or myself. Nightmare. The elder sister who came back from vacation found the body and Carol under the bed in the messy room. A group of neighbors were clamoring to save her, but no one did it. In the end, it was her sister's lover, whom she always hated, that held her in both hands... Seeing this, a slight strange feeling arose in my heart. Did the director reconcile Carol and the world of men in this way?


There is no hint or description about the cause of Carol’s personality and psychological problems. Finally, the camera is aimed at a family photo of her childhood. Looking closer from a distance, the photo shows a man and a woman sitting and looking at the camera. The photo is very Fuzzy, faintly smiling, the lady’s face is almost completely covered by obstacles like window railings, the man’s image is clearer, like the sister’s lover; Carol stands in the middle of the two close to the lady, head But turning to the other side, his eyes fell on the man's face. Like her adulthood, her eyes are cold and empty, a kind of isolation, she can't go out, and others can't come in.

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Extended Reading
  • Tremayne 2021-12-22 08:01:12

    This film is too David Lin Qi

  • Pablo 2022-03-20 09:01:57

    Take psychological thrillers in horror form. Huge cracks in the walls, hand-strewn corridors have an expressionist style. The rotting rabbit meat symbolizes the protagonist who has been eroded by the outside world. Good at using the silent claustrophobia in a small space to express the inner "siege" and "exile". Alienation from the outside world, especially the opposite sex, is the rejection of growth rituals intended to maintain childhood performance. The mournful flute at the end sounded again, beginning with "eyes" and ending with "eyes"

Repulsion quotes

  • Colin: Are you playing hard to get? I've been waiting over an hour!

    Carol: What for?

    Colin: Well, not for Christmas. We made a date. Remember? We're having supper tonight.

    Carol: Oh, I forgot.

    Colin: Well, next time you forget, maybe you'll let me know.

  • [first lines]

    Mrs. Rendlesham: Have you fallen asleep?

    Carol: Oh, I'm sorry.

    Mrs. Rendlesham: I think you must be in love or something.