Breeding Ground.

Rating: 7/10 (8 May 2007)

Given the well-documented trauma that enveloped his personal life as the Swinging Sixties were drawing to a close, it's perhaps unsurprising that Polanski chose to oversee a loose trilogy about madness taking hold in grim city environs. Of the three films in that canon, my personal preference leans toward "The Tenant", but "Rosemary's Baby" still remains an unnerving peephole that casts its view over urban paranoia.
It's a film that best rewards repeat viewing, as the subtle intricacies of the script can be assimilated properly once the viewer is made fully aware of the diabolical plot at the film's end. If you're at all interested in the philosophies of mind-control or subjugation, then the horror may well deepen. Leave out the supernatural details which are specific to this story, and you'll nevertheless find that 'insistent coercion' is a hallmark of many dubious sects across the world.
When he gets it right, Polanski is a master at immersing his audience in the fears of the character on screen. If you're a person who is susceptible to shivers brought on by isolation, then after seeing this you may need to sleep with the light on for awhile...