Product: Rosemary's Baby (El Bebe de Rosemary) [ NON-USA FORMAT, NTSC, Reg.4 Import - Latin America ] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
This is, in my opinion, the best horror film ever.
It's true that some people do not get this movie. Those who were raised on the "Jason" movies, and other such movies, are going to be inclined to find this movie utterly uninteresting. The reason is that while most modern horror films such as the "Jason" flicks rely on gore and people popping out of closets, Roman Polanski's classic movie, "Rosemary's Baby," relys, in essence, on innate maternal paranoia.Polanski slowly (but masterfully, I assure you) builds a sinister, haunting, but not obvious tone. What I mean by that is this. The movie feels real. It was made in the late '60s, sure, so us younger folk won't be able to relate quite as much, but the movie is authentic. The characters don't feel like they're reciting a book of poetry they read earlier in the evening. Rosemary (played awesomely by Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse seem just like an ordinary couple in the early stages of their relationship. The two love-birds happen to be planning to have a baby. And that kid is, essentially, what stirs up so much darned creepiness. From the sympathy we all want to feel for Rosemary (and as an extension, of course, her kid) to those primal, eternally disturbing words at the end of the movie by Rosemary relating to the child's eyes. At first we want to find out that we have simply been led on, and there is absolutely nothing wrong. And then we want to think that Rosemary has simply gone insane. That's what we want. That's what we hope. But (and perhaps not) it seems we don't get what we hope for. The dreaded happens, and we will never forget it.This movie is horrific in the best sense. If you're a fan of horror flicks (or film in general) watch this movie, please. This is, in my opinion, the best horror film ever. It's better, dare I say it, than a certain other classic horror movie. (You know which one I'm talking about.) And that's saying quite a bit. Hail, Polanski!