Devil-possesion and Devil-offspring movies where popular in the 70's with the Omen and the Exorcist, but this one beat them to the punch years before. Rosemary's Baby tells the story of a young couple enveloped in a web of dark occultism, betrayal and secret agendas. Its one of the best films to use an extreme sense of paranoia and the horrible feeling that there is no one you can turn to for help.



Probably more frightening than the Devil's supernatural evil in this film are the people who are willing to do anything in the service of supernatural evil. It becomes more apparent as time goes on that Rosemary's husband is nothing more than an arrogant selfish slimeball who is willing to do anything-including getting his wife knocked up by the man downstairs-to further his career. The fact that he is the person such an innocent sweet girl like Rosemary should trust the most, but can't, is very disturbing. The Casavets and members of their Coven are also unsettling. These are not cadaverous cultists walking around in black robes. Rather, they are jubulant and sweet elderly scholars and silly cookie-baking old ladies with Brooklyn accents. But in reality, they are despicable evil wretches who are willing to do anything from murder to the use of babies in bloodrights to appease their dark master. While watching the film I was hoping for a character to ask Roman and the others why such cultured gentlemen and women would want to worship the most terrible of evil forces and help sire the end of humanity.



Do yourself a favor and check out this horror classic from the amazing Roman Polanski.