Rated 5 out of 5!
"Hair Satan!" the Japanese said.
Anybody who appreciates a good smart horror film which opts for psychological chills over gore, thunderstorm nights and things that jump out from the dark, will love this film. The film is based almost word for word on Ira Levins bestseller of the same name. The plot revolves around the newly wed Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse who have moved into a huge apartment in a building known as the Bramford in New York. Rosemary wants children and Guy, an actor, wants to further his career. Hutch, a friend of Rosemary, tells her that the Bramford is a "danger zone" because of previous murders, suicides and diabolical deeds that have gone on there in the past. Sure enough many of these atrocities slowly begin to unveil themselves much to the dismay of Rosemary. Guy sees these events as just a coincidence and the elderly occupants who live in the Bramford seem to be all too innocent to be involved in plotting murders or faking suicides.
Eventually everything settles down and Rosemary gets pregnant during a nightmare that has her confused but she gradually calms down to prepare for her new born but not without the smothering attention of her neighbors who pop around twenty times a day to help her out. Rosemary casually begins to notice things in the Bramford or about its occupants in passing and slowly suspicion begins to develop in her mind that all may not be as it seems.
There is a classic mystery lurking behind the more horrific avenues found in this great film as Rosemary slowly unravels the unknown which seems to have a diabolical nature. Doctors hint that her pregnancy may be causing undue stress and the viewer is left guessing right up until the last scene as to if there is a plot to sacrifice her baby or if she is going mad in some sort of prenatal depression? The ending is a total shock to the uninformed viewer!
Mia Farrow IS Rosemary Woodhouse and Polanski has created a classic in the process. All done in 1968!!!!!
Highly recommended original horror!
