"This Is No Dream! This Is Really Happening!"...

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2019)

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse (Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes) move into their new apartment in the Bramford building. As they get settled in, odd things start occurring, including a grisly death. Upon meeting their neighbors, Minnie and Roman Castevet (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer), they seem a bit eccentric, but harmless. Soon, Rosemary notices more bizarre happenings, while Guy appears oblivious, especially when his acting career suddenly takes off. Of course, when Rosemary and Guy decide to have a child, their lives become... very interesting. Director, Roman Polanski's ROSEMARY'S BABY is a masterpiece of paranoia, building dread, and occult conspiracy. It came out at the point between old, allegedly "chaste" Hollywood, and the newer, more experimental cinema of the late 1960's and early 70's. The underlying satire of Author, Ira Levin's book is quite evident in Polanski's screenplay, taking on marriage, motherhood, religion, and a rapidly changing society among other things. Ms. Farrow hits the pinnacle of her career here. Her Rosemary is able to show us her suspicion or terror w/ absolute believability! Ruth Gordon's Minnie is amazing, a ball of pure energy! In fact everyone is great in this weird, scary gem. It's best not knowing anything about the movie going in, but no matter how many times one sees it, it never seems to get old. The diabolical denouement shocked a generation! Co-stars Ralph Bellamy as the crusty, enigmatic Dr. Sapirstein...