Michael Bay, don't tamper with a classic...

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2010)

At first glance, as a young child I was intrigued by this movie. I had no idea what it was about and by the time I had turned 18 years old, I took great pleasure by buying this movie and watching it for the first time. I must say, I am very impressed by it. Indeed, the film can be a bit slow in some areas. For example, when Rosemary and Guy first move in, you sit waiting, eager for the drama to continue whilst they sit silently eating their dinner. Also, the audience might find the progressing pregnancy in the film to be quite tedious, however, the building tension in the drama was very well done. The rape scene was iconic, however when Rosemary cried, "This isn't a dream, this is really happening!", I couldn't help but feel disappointed by her reaction to being raped; not a reaction we would normally have should we be raped by a demon. The ending, however, was worth the wait. The climax in Rosemary's line "What have you done to him, you man-n-i-i-i-ia-cs?!", was phenomenal, and even I felt the confession of the baby to be the spawn of the devil to be very shocking. It was absolutely brilliant! When I heard that Michael Bay was considering doing a re-make for this movie, I felt horrified. Indeed, I am very much looking forward to his adaption of 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', but has Bay adapted old horror movies in a very dangerous way? I did love his version of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', but the re-make of 'Friday The 13th' was a huge disappointment. It is like asking a director to create a re-make of 'Pulp Fiction'; it just can't be done. So, Michael Bay, it is great that you are trying to regain the hearts of millions of horror fans to creating re-makes of classic horror films, but I think 'Rosemary's baby' is one horror film you can do without adapting, for it is too professional and brilliant to be tampered with. Again, it was a brilliant film which does explore the genre of psychological horror in many aspects, this is truly a horror film for horror fans anywhere