Classic Gem ;)

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2011)

"Rosemary's Baby" is a classic example on how to make a horror film realistic and super natural, all at the same time. It's also been a really long time since I've seen an excellent classic, and "Rosemary's Baby" did it for me. I started watching it at 12 in the morning and I was in shock, all the way till the end, wondering and thinking about what I just saw.
Being brief, the film is about a woman and her husband who move to an apartment where the man becomes an actor but struggles with it, and the woman soon becomes pregnant. The apartment is also filled with crazy people and Rosemary's nightmare becomes a deranged reality. Even the husband starts going cuckoo.
I really enjoyed this a lot. It is a classic and I don't think it needs to be remade. I love how we go through the perspective of Rosemary in her dreams and her wildest, darkest fantasies as she can not tell what's going on or what is happening around her. I also like the sense of dread throughout as that the neighbors become much more evil and more psychotic as we look at them more. Even the husband, Guy who suddenly goes crazy, day after day reminded me of "The Shining" when Jack Nicolson's character went ballistic. I also like the unreal aspects like when she got pregnant, witches and demons.
This is a masterpiece and possibly up there with some of my other favorite horror films. It's creepy, eerie, dramatic, horrifying and sometimes dark in every way.
I also thought that the actors were excellent in their roles. Each actor was very believable. Mia Farrow as Rosemary is superb in every way possible. She makes us feel sympathy and sorrow for her. It's like we are really with her, trying to fight off all of this nasty evil which is attacking her.
Another thing to give thumbs up to is the amount of violence referenced or shown throughout. There is one death, but it is never shown, nor are there are anymore deaths occurring throughout. No BLOOD or GORE is reveled which is FINALLY good because it leaves us to the mystery of how and why these strange things are happening.
Even my friend told me about this film last year and I rejected the film (silly me). After people kept telling me about how classic it was, I am glad that I gave it a try. I do wish I could have believed him ages ago though.
I've heard Platnuim Dunes is gonna remake this and say "they're gonna be extra careful since it's a classic". We'll just have to wait and see. I mean I don't mind some of PD's films but "Rosemary's Baby" doesn't need to be touched.
I'm gonna top this review down, giving Rosemary's Baby a 9.5/10