Overrated? Yes. But...

Rating: 6/10 (2 November 2018)

Just recently watched this for the first time, after having it on my 'to watch' for many years. Aside from thinking it had something to do with witchcraft or Satanists, i knew nothing about the plot. To call it a horror movie, to me, that's misleading, i would consider this drama/thriller. I enjoyed it, but still found it disappointing. Polanski's direction and Mia Farrow's acting are the stand-outs, yet Ruth Gordon wins an Oscar for her role? One more example of the Academy getting it all wrong. Mia is perfectly cast, much like Shelly Duvall in The Shining, their vulnerability and isolation is what is truly frightening in their journey.
If you like constant cheap jump scares like Insidious or gore like Saw, perhaps this isn't the film for you. It's slow pace is deliberate but the finale doesn't quite pay off. It could have built up the suspense more, and i think having Rosemary watching her neighbors through the closet earlier in the film and getting more information would have helped play up her possible paranoia.
As for the finale, the chanting of 'hail Satan!' comes off more comedic than creepy. But maybe in 1968 that was pushing the envelope, and if so, fair enough .