Horror, horror everywhere and not a wink to sleep

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2000)

I don't think I've ever seen a more unsettling film. From start to startling finish, Roman Polanski's dark classic gives you that ill feeling in the pit of your stomach. Everything's off-kilter about the apartment building which unsuspecting Rosemary and her husband Guy rent, from the red wall-lights to the large chest a dying woman somehow managed to move all-by herself in front of a closet which contained only a vacuum cleaner and some sheets. There are so many elements to this film that Roman Polanski uses in presenting the eerie tale that whole books can be (and have been) written about it. One of the most appalling things is Polanski's realistic understanding of motherhood that produces the shocking final turn in Rosemary's trial. A very unpleasant film to watch, but undeniably great, completely redefining the horror genre and starting horror's reign in the box offices lasting up until the 80's.