Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
THE Horror Classic
"Rosemary's Baby" is truly the horror masterpiece of the 20th Century. Its stars are : 1. The gorgeous young Mia Farrow radiating innocence and purity. 2. The Dakota--a delightful old buildig just as splendid as it is menacing. 3. Ruth Gordon as a charming but evil old witch. What unfolds is part Hitchcockian suspense thriller (who are my strange new neigbors and what are they trying to do to me?), part Fruedian metaphor (guilt, fear of sex, strange dreams), part parable for the advancing decay of civilization (the demonic baby is the harbinger of a new dark age). Polanski was a genius to get such a scary effect with virtually no violence and no special effects. It has a great old fashined style of acting(very suited to Farrow with her very formal acting background and old Hollywood family--lots of conversations, dinners, etc. This movie could have been made in the 40s if there had been the right people. All you need is great writers, actors, and a great director (and the Dakota, or a similar gothic building). But alas, such quality is usually what's missing in the movie business. Showy effects and high budgets seem to crawl out from every rock in Hollywood. Get a copy of this jewel as soon as possible.