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Rosemary's Baby [VHS] [1968]

VHS ~ Mia Farrow
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans
  • Directors: Roman Polanski
  • Writers: Roman Polanski, Ira Levin
  • Producers: Dona Holloway, William Castle
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 1 Jan 1996
  • Run Time: 131 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJWE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,852 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Horror films don't get much better than this. Even 30 years later, Roman Polanski's adaptation of Ira Levin's bestselling book can still give you the willies. Mia Farrow plays Rosemary, a young wife in New York living in an old apartment building (actually, the Dakota) with a strange history. When her actor-husband (John Cassavetes) befriends their elderly neighbours (Ruth Gordon, who won an Oscar for her performance, and Sidney Blackmer), things start to go right in his career--but she becomes pregnant and begins to have strange premonitions about both the baby and her neighbours. Polanski keeps you on the edge of your seat, using strong performances as well as skilful editing and camerawork to prove that you don't need a knife-wielding serial killer to scare the pants off an audience. --Marshall Fine


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When Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, Guy, move into a new appartment block, they find themselves surrounded by some odd elderly neighbours. Rosemary soon falls pregnant after a disturbing dream and the neighbours start to pay a lot of attention to the expectant child... Based on the novel by Ira Levin.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Polanski's urban horror classic, 15 Nov 2000
By A Customer
Rosemary's Baby is regarded by many as Roman Polanski's finest achievement. Although it is now 32 years since Poland's enfant terrible brought his adapation of Ira Levin's 1967 novel to the screen, it stands up well to the test of time. Starring Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, and John Cassavetes, Rosemary's Baby is a stylish and brilliantly executed set piece, accurately reflecting the New York of the late 1960's.

Set in the famous Dakota building - later to become infamous, following the senseless assassination of John Lennon, on its' doorsteps some two decades later - this masterpiece of suspense will chill even the most hot blooded spine. Polanski coaxed brilliant performances from his stellar cast, also featuring Sidney Blackmer, and Ralph Bellamy as Rosemary's insidious gynacologist, and Ruth Gordon won an Academy Award for her star turn as the nosy parker next door.

Rosemary's Baby is not simply a classic tale of suspense and horror, but a fine example of how a feature film of the genre need not lose it's impact when viewed on the small screen. A 20th century classic! 5 stars. Kym Jones

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic horror film and a very well made disc, 18 Dec 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Rosemary's Baby [1968] [DVD] (DVD)
This is a truly brilliant film with a great script and great acting - especially from Ruth Gordon and Mia Farrow. The suspense is kept high throughout the film, and for anyone who's spent any time in New York City it will feel all the more real and horrifying. It's not a typical horror film in that there's no blood & guts - the horror's purely psychological. Quality wise the film looks pretty clean & detailed, obviously quite a lot of effort was put into the making of this disc. The sound quality is good for a film that's over thirty years old too. The menu layout is clean & user-friendly and worked faultlessly (something of a first for a dvd!). All in all a great addition to any horror fan's DVD collection.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb, disturbing drama, but no horror movie, 17 Mar 2003
By Trygve Lie (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosemary's Baby [1968] [DVD] (DVD)
Rosemary's Baby is a magnificent movie. Mia Farrow puts in a stunning performance as the protagonist of the story; in my view one of the finest dramatic performances in modern film history.

It is, however, somewhat misleading to categorise Rosemary's Baby as a horror film. By the modern conventions of what constitutes a horror film, it is no such thing; the terror in this film is understated and on the mental stage, and expressed without any outrageous scenes that make you jump in your chair.

Nonetheless it will leave an impression on the viewer: the intellectualised depiction of terror in this film is since unsurpassed in the modern history of scary films.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Anticlimax of the century
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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible. Why it's rated so highly is beyond me!
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1960s horror classic!
'Rosemary's Baby' is an absorbing film with great performances from all its cast.

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