Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
Unlike Any Horror Movie That I Have Ever Seen
There really aren't any gory horror scenes that I can remember, but what a chilling movie!The spine of the plot is basically a question: What would you do if you gradually discovered that everyone in your life is involved in a Satanic cult -- your husband, your neighbors and even your doctor! It's a movie about abandonment: if you found yourself completely surrounded by Satanists, would you break and go along with them or would you fight back?The unpeeling-of-the-onion structure of the movie is very similar to "Chinatown" (also directed by Roman Polanski) where you began with what seemed to be a prosaic adultery case. Here, the movie is told from the point of view of a naive newlywed, played by Mia Farrow, who allows herself to be taken to the point of no return by the escalating impositions of her husband and neighbors.At times, Mia Farrow's character seems annoyingly passive, but you are still left with the unsettling feeling that you yourself might well surrender your soul if put in a similar position.