A wonderfully disturbing story about a woman who fears she is carrying the Devil's child, it sounds a difficult task to make a convincing movie out of it, but under Polanski's direction and with an amazing performance from Mia Farrow as Rosemary, this is an absolute gem.
Tales of witchcraft are as old as the hills, as are many of the witch-type characters whose heads surface during the course of the just over 2 hours running time. The claustrophobic atmosphere and paranoia that engulf Rosemary as she realises exactly what has been going on is palpable. This is a definite precursor to The Exorcist in terms of brooding suspense, and although there is very little visually that is horrific, I came away from Rosemary's Baby with a real feeling of sickness in my gut and feeling genuinely unnerved.
Excellent 9/10.
Tales of witchcraft are as old as the hills, as are many of the witch-type characters whose heads surface during the course of the just over 2 hours running time. The claustrophobic atmosphere and paranoia that engulf Rosemary as she realises exactly what has been going on is palpable. This is a definite precursor to The Exorcist in terms of brooding suspense, and although there is very little visually that is horrific, I came away from Rosemary's Baby with a real feeling of sickness in my gut and feeling genuinely unnerved.
Excellent 9/10.