Deliciously horrific !

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2019)

One of those movies I have watched before but can honestly say I wasn't that struck on the first or even second time around. However on a winter's night when looking for something to watch I decided on Rosemary's baby again. I watched it twice over two nights and absolutely loved it.The haunting lullaby at the beginning is a great intro into this brilliant psychological horror movie and the setting of the gothic building in which the young couple begin what is supposed to a normal and happy life also sets the tone for the next couple of hours. Some great acting and directing are both on show here in what is really a thinking man/woman's horror movie. I found the rape scene to be both atmospheric and very disturbing at the same time and the moment when Mia Farrow realises she isn't actually dreaming is very chilling indeed. This is most definitely a horror classic and far more scary than some of the absurd movies being made nowadays that rely so heavily on blood and gore and are actually far less frightening than this brilliant movie. Although Mia Farrow is brilliant I loved the part her husband plays as you can see ever so slightly how he becomes more and more under the influence of his sinister neighbours and there ulterior motive yet still remsins undetected by his koving wife. Nothing will stand in the way of the devil's work and one can't help but feel so sorry for the lovely Hutch yet another casualty of a higher power !