Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
"What have you done to its eyes??"
The best way to describe "Rosemary's Baby" is to describe what it isn't: a cheap-thrill of a horror movie that's high on body count and low on character development. If "The Excorcist" were never made, "Rosemary's Baby" could very well be the best-made horror film of all time. In casting Mia Farrow and adpating the novel from Ira Levin, Roman Polanski has created a film that's old-school but not old-fashioned. Younger audiences who have been raised on "Scream"-like slasher films will probably write this off as slow-moving. That's because this film, unlike others inspired by it, takes its time to develop characters and its storyline. Also, Polanksi, like Hitchcock, knows that it's what you DON'T see is what scares the hell out of you. I am being vague because I don't want to give away plot details, but I recommend this to anyone who not only has a taste for horror, but is interested in a well-made, well-produced film.