Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
One of My Favorites
In this age of lowered attention spans and Scream-style self-referential horror it does not surprise me to find many people disagreeing that this is indeed a "horror" film. People, let me say this once: This happens to be one of, if not the best, horror film ever made. From it's source book, to it's superb direction by Roman Polanski, it's terrific cast(and Mia Farrow was robbed of an oscar nomination, by the way) down to it's wonderful location scenery, this film is one-of-a-kind. This is horror that derives from character as much as from shock value, which there is virtually none in this film. What I love about this film is that we discover everything as Rosemary does. It lends the horror an added emphasis. As we feel we are going through everything Rosemary is. And I cannot stress the importance of Farrow's terrific portrayal(as a matter of face, Frank Sinatra had Farrow served with divorce papers during the making of the film). I don't think she's ever been this good. Anyway, don't listen to the one reviewer. This is a terrifc film that deserves and rewards patience. Believe me, The Exorcist was a joke compared to this. And I really don't think that film holds up nearly as well as Rosemary's Baby does.