Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
The Best Horror/Psychological Thriller Ever
This one can be seen again and again as we journey with its star, the sweet, innocent Rosemary, through her conception and pregnancy. The thing that makes this so good is that it seems so plausible. Everyone in the movie could be the neighbor next door. Farrow should've won an Oscar for her nuanced performance. She is gut wrenchingly convincing in this. Her final scene where she makes her decision about what she will do gets you every time. Cassevetes is fabulous as her self-absorbed, heel of a husband and Ruth Gordon is just a delight. Roman & Dr. Saperstein are all wonderful as is Charles Grodin. My two favorite scenes are when Rosemary gets the book her now deceased friend Hutch leaves her a clue to figure out what's going on, and the realization hits as she unscrambles that clue. Finally, the last scene which is injected with a lot of black humor (the Asian guy shooting pictures and Ruth Gordon pressing in the knife mark in the floor) to its tragic yet touching final scene. You don't need blood, guts & brains to make people not sleep at night. Polanski is a genius.