Very Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (25 June 2008)

So this was an award winning film, eh? A movie that currently ranks #209 on IMDb's top 250? A movie that I was told is not only one of the best horror movies ever, but one of the best movies of the 1960's among all genre's. I think that's utter crap, because I found this movie to be flat out ridiculous. Not only was it incredibly boring, but the acting in this movie (and that includes the Actress who won Best Supporting Actress) was very hammy. And why is it that this movie seemed to have no build up what so ever? Everything just seem repeated. It's made obvious very quickly that the whole situation isn't just paranoia. After that, the entire movie is just redundant. The neighbors are established as oddball devil-worshippers (you even see it in the goofy rape sequence), then that idea just keeps being repeated through events in the plot. It's made apparent that somethings wrong with Rosemary's pregnancy...then that idea just keeps being repeated through events in the plot. It's literally unbearable, and this is coming from someone who enjoys simmering & brooding movies. After over two hours of going in a circle, this movie built up to an ending that was seen coming from the onset? And I'm supposed to be thrilled about that? There were no scares and there was no suspense, absolutely nothing. Honestly, if you have trouble sleeping at night, this movie should do you some justice, but other then the use for Insomnia, this movie is practically worthless.