Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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A newlywed woman in Manhattan becomes pregnant and begins to suspect her neighbors have sinister intentions regarding her and her baby.
The story
Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse move into a large Gothic building in New York City called the Bramford, despite warnings about its dark past. Rosemary soon meets the couple living next door, the Castevets, who become friendly but whose presence begins to unsettle her. After a mysterious incident involving a neighbor and a strange pendant, Rosemary becomes pregnant. As her pregnancy progresses, she experiences physical distress and begins to suspect that the Castevets, along with their physician, are involved in a sinister plot involving her unborn child.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After moving into the Bramford, Rosemary becomes pregnant and grows increasingly suspicious of her neighbors, the Castevets, and their physician, Dr. Sapirstein. Following a series of unsettling events, including a vision of a demonic presence and the death of a friend who warns her of the building's history, Rosemary discovers that the Castevets are part of a Satanic coven. She realizes that Dr. Sapirstein is also a member and that they intend to use her baby for their rituals. After being restrained and giving birth, she discovers that the child is not her husband's, but the son of Satan. Despite her horror at the realization that the child is a demonic entity, she ultimately accepts the role of its mother.
- First release year
- 1968
- Runtime (minutes)
- 137
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Roman Polanski
- Writers
- Roman Polanski · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Mia Farrow · Rosemary; John Cassavetes; Ruth Gordon; Sidney Blackmer; Maurice Evans; Ralph Bellamy; Patsy Kelly; Angela Dorian; Charles Grodin
- Genres
- psychological horror; supernatural horror
- Themes
- paranoia; women's liberation; Catholicism; the occult
- Tone and mood
- suspenseful; menacing
- Premise and plot tags
- pregnancy; Satanism; witchcraft; cults
- Source material / true-story basis
- Ira Levin's 1967 novel
- Content notes
- pregnancy
- Reception
- The film was a box office success and received immense critical acclaim, being widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 96 · scale: 100 · review count: 16
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Award · Best Supporting Actress · win; Golden Globe Award · Best Supporting Actress · win
- Production trivia
- The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2014.; The character of Donald Baumgart's voice was provided by actor Tony Curtis.; The film inspired the band Deep Purple to write the song 'Why Didn't Rosemary?'
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