The movie begins when Guy and Rosemary move into a new apartment, before belonging to an old deceased woman who suspiciously moved a wardrobe in front of a closet. The neighbors are loud and can be heard through the walls and later Rosemary meets the neighbor's tenant who suspiciously commits suicide. Soon the neighbors befriend Rosemary and Guy, Rosemary wishes to diverge from the neighbors but much to her dismay Guy continuously invites them over. One night, Rosemary imagines becoming impregnated by someone with evil eyes. The following morning Rosemary is pregnant.
A long string of events takes place following the discovery, from Guy suddenly acting even stranger, Rosemary cutting off all her hair and suddenly becoming sickly, and the neighbors becoming overly involved in Rosemary's pregnancy. A Rosemary's brings up his concerns for Rosemary's safety and brings up the ideas of "covens." Unfortunately he becomes sick before telling Rosemary what he has found out about the building, her neighbors, and most importantly her baby. (I won't give any more away as it would most likely ruin the movie).
As is always the case with Mia Farrow, the acting was stupendous. In fact, it was this movie that really interested me in her later work, albeit the fact that she ended up in Woody Allen films would have eventually acquainted me with her none the less. The performance is only comparable to Janet Leigh in Psycho, both classic women in classic horror movies. The symbolism of Rosemary cutting her hair leads to a completely different characters, curious, ghastly, and scared about what is going on around her is powerful and rightly displayed.
I won't lie, I hated this movie the first time I saw it. I was infuriated by the ending yet in hindsight I believe this was evoking a strong emotional response. In fact many of the actual discoveries made in the movie and how everything unfolded had me yelling at the screen and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The concept of a happy ending doesn't really apply here, although I had no idea why I expected one after all the crap the characters had to go through.
Throughout the movie there are many interesting scenes that I still don't quite c=gather to this day. Rosemary sees a nun one day boarding up windows, yet she is in bed, possibly a dream (nightmare) although possibly a memory. She has a similar scene while becoming impregnated, although here we can assume it is what actually happened. These scenes were incomparable to anything I've ever seen before, in fact the entire movie is quite unique, though since then it has inspired many movies.
This movie has many long scenes and a large introduction, yet when the action actually starts it keeps you on the edge of your seat. While I do believe many scenes could be cut shorter, overall the movie was so good otherwise that I don't even notice them anymore. The movie is long, 2 hours and 15 minutes (just about).
( Sorry if this is a bit rushed or disorderly, I am sick and was just trying to get it out as fast as possible. Expect it to be updated as soon as tomorrow. )
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