Rosemary's Baby Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

A bit far-fetched now but still very good

I ended up watching parts of this twice because the first time I did I couln't concentrate on it and only managed to get about half way through. I watched it again after a general consensus from others who'd watched it that it wasn't good at all. When I did watch it again and got into the last hour I thought it was very good and the last hour was nigh on gripping stuff. It was definitely a different experience from watching it the first time. Definitely as the film went on I thought that Mia Farrow stepped up a gear when she was pregnant and really gave that 'I am a mum and will do anything to protect my child' approach, perhaps best exemplified by the final shot which was chilling, disturbing and sad all at the same time. When first watching it her performance didn't seem to be particularly great so I'm glad I gave it a second chance.

I watched the documentary with Rosemary's Baby and it was good,

definitely upped the appreciation of the film. It's not as good as The Tenant but the more I think about it, the more it sinks in that it's a bit of a superior horror/thriller. The producer, Bob Evans alks at the end saying that there's no gore in the film, no falling walls, special effects or cheap thrills. The whole horror is built up purely through film making and when he said that I was like, yep that's exactly what it is. It was definitely better than The Omen that's for sure.

An all round good film

A good film is marked by its ability to build up a plot in a smooth way with no jerk. In a horror film this is very difficult to achieve while also keeping the audience engrossed throughout the film ,not just by terrifying them but also to intellectually stimulate them all the time. This film is so well capable of all this that it would even raise the interest of a hardcore rationalist in supernatural phenomenon, occult theories and witchcraft. All this is done remarkably without any special effects, audio or visual. It relies only on a good script, good cinematography, good use of soundtrack and good performance by the cast. In a nutshell a cool horror film.