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1. Byron Potau 11.02.08 / 1am

   Great acting throughout, but Mia Farrow is so incredible in this! This is such a great film that has aged very well. I love watching this one with someone who has never seen it.
2. Simona Rozhko 11.05.08 / 9am

   Rosemary’s Baby is new add-on to the list of films I intend to watch. Not only does the film sound entertaining but, as Kevin points out, the scariness comes from a internal problem versus a villain with a deadly object. Films that stir psychological depth are very interesting to me and especially a horror film that can use that in its defense for an acclaimed movie, motivates me to view it.
3. Richard Feilden 11.05.08 / 3pm

   This film works in the same way that Invasion of the Bodysnatchers works. The fear of isolation, of not knowing who you can trust or where you can turn is tuned so brilliantly by Polanski here that your nerves will start to fray just as Rosemary’s do. Highly deserving of the title ‘classic’.

   By the way, as wonderful as Mia Farrow is in this film, Ruth Gordon’s depiction of a too-good-to-be-true neighbour is also well worth the price of admission. Compare it to her role in Harold and Maude (only 3 years before) and you’ll have a masterclass in acting and have expanded your library of great films.
4. WestonPaglia 11.10.08 / 6pm

   I really enjoyed “Rosemary’s Baby” for many of the same reasons that you cited Kevin. I personally found this movie to be much more chilling and haunting than the typical regurgitation of several gorgeous teenagers being cut into thousands of pieces by a deranged maniac. I too felt that this film presented dark undertones, which may also be interpreted on a more tangible social level.
5. Vicki Volmer 11.20.08 / 9am

   Rosemary’s Baby is beyond the “Classic B Movie” we so often associate with unbelievable silly scare tactics. The acting and slow pace of the movie takes the viewer along as helpless participants. “Who can you trust”? reaches the psychological depths of fear and works well to draw the audience in. Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon are superior in their roles which push this film beyond the “B”. The film does not veer far from the book and Roman Polanski’s direction keeps the audience involved. The surprise ending as Kevin said should be left for the viewer to experience.
6. Matthew Bergquist 01.28.09 / 6pm

   Polanski is absolutely insane. I don’t know if it was because of some of the things he witnessed growing up in Poland or because of his excile to America after his inproper behavior, but I have to say he has a screw loose. Having said that, I will admit that I thouroughly enjoy his films although if I had to watch a Polish film I would rather view Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blue or Andrzej Wajda’s Young Ladies of Wilko over this any day.
7. Abigail Jaquez 07.21.18 / 10pm

   I love this film and other slow burn films like it. For most of the film, the viewer is left to wonder whether or not Rosemary is just being paranoid until the twist at the very end. However, I did not care for the twist that much. I think I would have preferred it if she had been imagining it the whole time and she was forced into a mental institution. The ending was just too out-of-left-field.

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