Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
A Great Movie
I remember I was 11 years old and Mom and I were spending the summer vacation in Canada with my aunt and uncle. They were playing a riviting game of dominos one night, and I said it was getting boring. So Mom told me to go down to the basement and watch the T.v. I was just heading down the stairs when she called behind me,"But don't watch Rosemary's Baby, because that's scary!"I, being 11, went and watched it. I mean let's face it what kid wouldn't watch it if their mother said not to?Rosemary's Baby was and still is a great and scary movie. When most people hear the words 'scary movie' they probably think of a psycho killer cutting up teenagers. But is that really what make a film scary? No. I think what's scary is a movie that can get under your skin, send chills up your spine and really makes you think.And that coming from me is really something, because I am the sort of person who stays up really late watching the low budget gore movies and the teen slashers. I love gore, but it doesn't make a movie scary, because disgusting and scary are not the same thing. The terrifying subtleties laced throughout Rosemary's Baby are very affective. It's a psychilogical journey of one woman as she learns that everyone she though she knew is plotting against her... The direction has that ability to pull the audience into Rosemary's world, and make them experience her terror. With less talented actors that wouldn't have worked.I still remember it even years after I saw it, because I haven't seen it sence. And I remember being scared. Although I think because this movie has adult themes that it will be more affective on a grown-up audience.I'm going to get this, and if you're thinking about it I cannot recomend it enough. Because anyone who really likes horror movies should be able to reconise this as a classic that can still frighten us even in this modern society. Five stars.