Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
Scary for the smart, dull for the dumb
I love when people complain that movies like this are "not scary" or "not horror". To me, that just means you are lacking psychological depth in certain departments of your brain. I was immediately driven into an immensely creepy place from the opening credits, to the moment a dresser drawer was mysteriously blocking a closet door towards the beginning, and it only got more intense with EACH passing scene. Polanski is surely a master of psychological tension. Repulsion was already one of my favorite films, but I feel that Rosemary's Baby quite possibly takes the same formula and capitalizes on it ten fold. It was like Repulsion meets Suspiria - two of my favorites, brilliant!I could hardly sleep after the ritualistic (almost hallucinogenic) scene towards the midway point of the movie. It's absolutely terrifying! This is certainly one of the all time great horror films - if you can't see it, I simply feel sorry for you.Classic! Riveting! Perfect!