Sunday, December 23, 2012

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Director: Roman Polanski
Writers:  Roman Polanski, Ira Levin (Novel)
Cast:      Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, John Cassavetes
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.

I am not a fan of horror films and was not that really interested in watching this film. But it is not really a horror film based on the genre's recent years definition with plenty of gore and in your face screams and all that. This is more of a psychological thriller and horror films used to be like that in the good old days. Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon plays their part excellently and it is a wonderful watch. This was Polanski's first American film. The original tagline for the film was: 'Pray for Rosemary's Baby'. Need to watch 'The Tenant' now to complete Polanski's so called 'Apartment Trilogy'.

A remake of the film was considered in 2008 with Michael 'Fucking' Bay as producer. It fell through and thank goodness.

Rating: 4.5/5

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