Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Occult, Demonic Possession, Cult Classic, Disturbing, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Black Comedy, Supernatural, Devil, Marriage, Religion, Betrayal, Suspense, Doctor
Tagline: Pray for Rosemary's Baby
Plot: Roman Polanski's stylish occult thriller ROSEMARY'S BABY is possibly the director's most famous film and was a big box-office success at the time of its 1968 release. This was Polanski's first American feature film, following his frightening 1965 REPULSION, which was made in England. The use of producer William Castle--famous for popular low-budget horror--helped propel Polanski forward into a long and rigorous career as one of the masters of the genre. The terrifying satanic story forever haunts fans of this cult film, the setting of which--Manhattan's Dakota building--carries a ghost story of its own as the location of John Lennon's assassination.A young, happily married couple, waif-like Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and struggling actor Guy (John Cassavetes), move into a spacious apartment in a venerable old building off Central Park. They are befriended by the elderly couple next door, Roman (Sidney Blackmer) and Minnie Castavet (Ruth Gordon in an Oscar-winning performance), who seem to take a special interest in Rosemary's well-being. Shortly after another young woman in the building commits suicide by jumping out a window, Rosemary begins to be plagued by disturbing dreams, including a hallucinogenic black mass sequence in which she is raped by something "inhuman" while
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 Excellent horror/suspenser based on Ira Levin's novel is fairly subtle in its horror delivery which just helps make it an engrossing, thoughtful and interesting film. ... Never seems as long as it is and has a few moments of disturbingly surreal imagery this is one of the most intelligent horror films ever made.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Hands down the best horror movie ever made. If it were made today it would shock people as much as it did three decades ago. But it was still a real document of the era it was produced in. A masterpiece and a classic.-- (eSplatter.com)
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 | Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives, Sliver, The Boys from Brazil |
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Mia Farrow
Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Omen |
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 | Ruth Gordon
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Not only would it have filled up the silence, it also would have given the movie a little more atmosphere, because to be honest, at some points the movie is more of a drama than an occult horrorstory  --Ziggy Sin (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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