a true classic

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2011)

Roman Polanski's horror classic is literally pregnant with paranoia... In the movie the colors and the places which are used by Roman Rolanski are so impressive that when rosemary gets out to the house, you don't want her to get back to the house again. In the movie the director leaves the horror part to the audience's imagination. I think it's amazing when a horror movie can be created without blood and the effects like that. Therefore the movie can terrify the audience even more so. In this movie for you a man who is in front of the phone booth can be a horror object. I think this movie has an impact on the other horror movies. The soundtracks also have haunting sides. For example a lullaby, which is performed by Mia Farrow, can terrify the audience. And also the Beethoven's Fur Elise which is used in some scenes of movie (especially in the kitchen scenes) effects audience and has a great impact on the movie. Mia Farrow acting is so perfect. In her performance we can see the catholic girl – Rosemary- clearly. She acts every emotion and thoughts well enough so one can easily understand what is she thinking or feeling at the moment. I think it is an excellent part of the movie that the baby's face isn't seen in the movie. With this detail Polanski leaves the baby to our imagination and thanks to Rosemary's reactions we can guess what he looks like. If we can see the baby that may be less terrifying. There are good scenes, and excellent camera by Polanski. I like scenes in films where the camera follows the character. There are some haunting scenes where you think about the horror of it later. Polanski did not go for cheap scares. In this case you could enjoy the movie much more than you could enjoy the cheap bloody scary movies.