You don't need gore to make a great horror movie...

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2001)

..and this certainly proves that. There are no sudden shocks, no blood (ok, hardly any), no guts.
Just a stunning story line through which you gradually feel more and more uneasy. A truly great horror such as this will not scare you outright but it will disturb you.
To me the most chilling aspect is how Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) develops through the film, fading from an attractive and healthy young woman to a mere shadow of her former self, and of how she can't trust anyone, not even her doctor.
It's strange how the Cassavettes are such a likeable couple, but turn out to be evil. This unexpectedness is one of the many great things about this film.
The only bad thing is Rosemary's husband. Someone I took an instant disliking to even before he got mixed up with the Cassavettes.
Overall, a superb film. So nice to see a great American movie which does not conform to the talent-suppressing Hollywood formula.