Creepy classic psychological thriller

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2004)

Rosemary and her newlywed husband Guy move into an apartment - but not all is well as Rosemary experiences troubling physical pain and soon realizes that she is pregnant - but with what, exactly, inside her? She soon begins to believe that her soon-to-be-child is evil - and the odd behavior of her husband and new neighbors only confirms this theory.
"Rosemary's Baby" is a classic thriller, probably the start of the creepy psychological thrillers we see today (or at least the disturbing sort). The real breakthrough was of course "Psycho" eight years earlier but this has a hard edge that is reminiscent of many films today - it is in no way better than "Psycho" but it is still very good and influential in its own way.
It was Roman Polanski's first US movie and he proves here, his earliest mainstream effort, why he is continually a great director - despite what may have occurred in his private life he's a great visionary director and evokes some extremely scarring images in "Rosemary's Baby." Highly recommended.
4.5/5