Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 1.0
Another 70's horror flop!
Where do I start? (or perhaps it would be better to just end the misery of this movie and tell you to avoid it altogether). I guess there's no revisting the past, and that includes 70's era horror films that fail big when viewed in 2012. For those who thought this movie was frightening when they were teenagers (or maybe even older), it's best to keep those fears and memories locked away instead of trying to convince others they too will be terrified as you were back in 1968, because the truth is, this film was slow, boring, poorly plotted, acted and directed. In other words, NOT SCARY or entertaining in the least. Maybe it was the ridiculous sex scenes involving Rosemary rolling around on a wooden floor (ouch!) or being tied down and raped by satan while nude satanists stand around watching (perv Roman Polanski directed, so no surprise there). Or perhaps one too many milkshakes stirred up by the wacky elderly neighbor for Rosemary to drink after she becomes pregnant, and which make her progressively grow ill (doesn't she get it after shake #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 . . . ???). Could it be Rosemary's husband leaving their apartment ad nauseum to "tattle" on her repeatedly to the satanists whenever she has insight or questions strange things happening? I could go on and on but it's pointless to beat a dead horse of a movie. Trust me, all hype and no horror. It's everything but frightening, creepy or even a tad bit spine-tingling. What's scary to a kid doesn't frighten an adult unless you have issues. And for that, there's therapy. I'll give it ONE star for a young and adorable Mia Farrow. And that's being generous.