Rosemary's Baby (DVD)

Rosemary's baby is one of my favorite horror flicks of all time. Back when I was in my teens, horror films were somewhat taboo. Not being old enough to rent an 18 certificate, and certainly not old enough to sneak into the pictures (the day the exorcist was re-released, and I was too young to see it, I cried), me and my friends used to relish the day we could get hold of a classic horror film. I happened upon Rosemary's baby through word of mouth. When questioned on what the scariest horror film she had ever seen, my best friends mum replied "Rosemary's baby". Apparently, it had scared her irish catholic sensibilities so much, that she ...  Read the complete review

Director Roman Polanski Stars Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly Certificate 18 Running time 131 minutes Made US 1968 Rosemary's Baby is one of those well-crafted movies that reminds the viewer that horror doesn't necessarily have to equate to gore. The recent success of The Others only goes to prove that this tense type of thriller is just as effective now as it was back in the Sixties when Ira Levin's Baby was adapted for the screen by director Roman Polanski. It gets off to a seemingly innocuous start, resembling soap opera more than ...  Read the complete review

Rosemary's Baby is a horror film from 1968 made by Roman Polanski and whilst it is completely gore free and may seem tame to a young generation of horror film watchers. The film has a feeling of a run of the mill nice family movie of the time as a young couple - a housewife and hopeful actor move in to their new New York apartment, meet the neighbours - in particularly the over-friendly elderly couple who invite them round, ask lots of questions and seemingly bore them. A distinct eeriness kicks in from the minute the couple view the house, as well as in various scenes such as the couple's first night in the room and later downstairs in the basement. It's all ...  Read the complete review

Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) Roman Castavet (Sidney Blackmer) Minnie Castavet (Ruth Gordon) Dr Abraham Sapirstein (Ralph Bellamy) Edward "Hutch" Hutchins (Maurice Evans) Terry Gionoffrio (Victoria Vetri) Dr Hill (Charles Grodin) DIRECTOR AND SCREENPLAY WRITER: Roman Polanski RELEASED: June, 1968 OTHER INFORMATION: Adapted by Roman Polanski from a novel by Ira Levin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The opening credits roll, with Mia Farrow's voice singing an eerie, slightly off-key lullaby, as the ...  Read the complete review

Not wanting to appear contraversial or anythin gbut...am I the only person out there who thinks that this is a boring piece of old tosh??? Set in the brightly lit sunny streets and buildings of New York, this hardly opens up as a horror movie at all. There are no creepy locations, no suspicious characters or anything whihc would suggest that there may be something evil afoot - in much the same way as the superb Cat People opens which was filmed some years previous. We have a happily married couple who are expecting their first child living in a gothic central park appartment building and their slightly intrusive, but little more than that, neighbours and ...  Read the complete review