At it's time a haunting foreshadowing tale that was symbolic and visually explicit.

Rating: 6/10 (7 December 2009)

In his day the legendary and controversial director Roman Polanski made some of the best and most cutting edge films of the day. And with this horror mind drama classic "Rosemary's Baby" it proves with his use of symbols and foreshadowing combined with the creepy music his films kept you on the edge of your seat. Many may say during the 60's this was the best horror film made maybe in terms psychologically, yet my pick is 1960's "Psycho".
Anyway the story is set in New York city a couple Rosemary(Mia Farrow)and Guy(John Cassavetes)just have moved into a high rise luxury apartment building and Guy is a struggling actor trying to make it from commercials and plays to the big time of studio pictures. As like all couples settling down they want to start a family only soon they realize after being taken in strange things happen like unexpected tenants deaths. Most striking which foreshadows the viewer and shows symbols so well is the weird and frightening dreams that Rosemary starts to have as is it confusion and worry for a first time mother just who's baby is it she's having.
Overall pretty good film that keeps you intrigued with the crazy and foreshadowing type dreams proving that really a lot in life can be strangely cursed. This was clearly a film that was cutting edge at it's time as Polanski pushed the envelope to audiences so their imaginative fears could be sent thru the mind.