Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 4.0
Classic horror movie...
Rosemary's Baby is a classic film of Sixties paranoia. Poor Rosemary knows that something is wrong, but everyone around her tells her that she is crazy. Is she? Or is she the center of a vast, demonic conspiracy? I guess it is typical of the times that all the old people are "evil" - in a very literal sense.It is very telling to watch this horror movie from the Sixties to see how the genre has changed. For one thing, this movie is not about scares - there are almost no scenes of violence. Rather, it is about a gradual buildup of dread. Everything is played subtly. There are some brief "creature effects" - Satanic arms and eyes - but not much. The film is a pretty literal interpretation of Ira Levin's novel - Stephen King says it is the only time he's ever felt it is not necessary to read the book if you've seen the movie. Polanski is wise to keep most of the supernatural stuff off-camera. It would be too unbelievable otherwise. Even as it is, one wonders what kind of a sales-pitch the witches made to Rosemary's husband. Or maybe actors will do ANYTHING for a part.The DVD is pretty bare - there are modern interviews with Polanski and Robert Evans, an old featurette, and that's it.