Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
One of the scariest movies of all time
Rosemary's Baby is the ultimate tale of gothic horror, of psychological terror of the highest order, and of a young woman who is exploited and sacrificed to the ambition of a husband who literally makes a deal with the devil.Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are a young, newly-married couple who rent an apartment in a sprawling gothic complex in New York City known as the Bramford. Despite warnings from their friend Hutch that the Bramford has a reputation as being a gathering spot for witches and Satan worshippers, the Woodhouses enthusiastically take up residence in the building. They are both optimistic over the move, especially Guy, a struggling actor who likes the idea of living at the Bramford because of its close proximity to the theaters. Soon after they move in, they are befriended by their neighbors, an eccentric elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castavet, who suddenly become overly solicitous towards Rosemary and Guy and before long entrench themselves in the young couple's lives.Other things happen, too: Guy's career takes a sudden ascent after a colleague's misfortune becomes his gain; and Rosemary discovers she's pregnant. Little does she know that a horrific dream she had in which she was raped by a monster has more than just a little to do with it.Rosemary endures a difficult pregnancy as those around her become increasingly vigilant and officious. She wonders why it's imperative that she sees an obstetrician of the Castavets' choosing and doesn't seem to notice that Guy is less than enthusiastic over the baby's arrival. Then, with the aid of a book about witches and Scrabble letter tiles, she comes face to face with the truth behind her odd next-door neighbors and their equally odd coterie of friends...and the terror begins.There's no gore in this movie whatsoever, yet it's more effective than all the slash-'em horror movies ever made because it works on a psychological level.