truly, truly creepy

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 1999)

This movie truly frightened me. What was so interesting about it, though, was that the true horror of the movie (disregarding the ending, which I simply could not watch the first time) is totally understated, yet there the whole time. The horror comes with the audience knowing what's happening, what really is going on with the neighbors and with Rosemary's demise, and not being able to do a thing about it. In its own way, this movie is incredibly tense and nerve-racking. It's the ultimate last word in "I have a bad feeling about this" movies. Roman Polanski is great at creating that underlying horror -- I can't even THINK about the opening and closing music without a shiver. The music in general was effective, and the direction, especially the "dream" sequence, was dark and very Polanski-esque. The acting was good, understated, exactly what the movie called for. So much scarier than any of the teen "horror" movies out lately.