Rosemary's Baby
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- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Written by
- Roman Polanski
- Produced by
- William Castle
Why it’s HorroRated
Rosemary's Baby is one of the foundational texts of modern psychological horror and it earned that status by being genuinely disturbing rather than just formally influential. Polanski builds the dread through Rosemary's growing isolation within her own marriage and her own body, which makes the horror intensely personal rather than externally threatening. Mia Farrow's performance is one of the great horror acting jobs in the history of cinema, full stop. It belongs in the same breath as The Exorcist and The Shining as an example of what the genre can do when it takes its subject completely seriously. Absolutely essential.
Synopsis
Roman Polanski adapts Ira Levin's novel with a deliberate, suffocating patience, keeping the camera close to Rosemary as the world around her slowly closes in. Mia Farrow carries the entire film on a performance that moves from joy through suspicion to helpless horror without a single false note. John Cassavetes as Guy and Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer as the Castevets give the ensemble an unsettling warmth that makes the betrayal feel genuinely devastating. Polanski understands that the horror lands hardest when it comes from the people who are supposed to love you.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- June 12, 1968
- Runtime
- 2 hours 18 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
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