Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
"a genuinly scary movie..."
"Rosemary's Baby" is a the film version of the scary book from author Ira Levin. This movie not only exceeds the novel's level of suspense; it crosses it by leaps & bounds. The film finds young, happy couple Rosemary & Guy Woodhouse moving into a big, fancy NY city apartment known as the Bramford. They quickly make friends with the seemingly friendly elderly next door couple, & settle in. But all is not as it seems. Rosemary begins to suspect things are off during her pregnancy, in which she loses an extreme amount of weight & her friend seems to be trying to warn her about something... unfortunatly, a coma stops him. Little does Rosemary know about the satanic plot which surrounds her & the secret of her unborn babys identity... Rosemary's baby is considered oonbe of the best & most ground breaking horror films, & rightly so; it's genuinly scary. Not in the way where things jump out at you, no,no; what "Rosemary" achieves is a growing sense of dread & suspense.The film benefits greatly from the stylish direction of Roman Polanski & from the phenomenal performance by Mia Farrow as Rosemary. Rosemary is young and innocent & frail & all of this is captured wonderfully by Farrow's sensitive portrayal of a woman who has basically everyone against her. In the end, "Rosemary's Baby" may be considered "Slow" by some of today's standards, but when it comes down to it, "Rosemary" really delivers the gooseflesh goods... -Alex Barone