Dang, I don't think I should have watched Rosemary's Baby

[SaltBoy]

IMDB on Rosemary's Baby

I've watched close to zero "horror" films in my life - I see them as mindless and gore-fested wastes of space that do nothing to enrich the human spirit. But when I heard from aquaintances that Rosemary's Baby WASN'T mindless and gore-fested and instead a VERY good movie -- albeit creepy -- I decided to watch it over the weekend.

Bad idea.

Now I understand why it's called a HORROR film. What happens in this movie is just horrible. This isn't scary, ghost-story stuff like The Sixth Sense or the Ring that takes a slight suspension of disbelief to get into. This movie demonstrates pure, unspoiled evil at its worst and that seems very real. The final scene hasn't left me after even a few days, which is rare for any movie. It's so well done, but man, I've never had anything crawl under my skin like this before. What an awful, excellent movie.

And my wife is six months pregnant, too. <shudders> I guess I'll pass up on watching The Exorcist or The Omen.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yep, pretty creepy movie. Hadn't seen it in years

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
IMDB on Rosemary's Baby

I've watched close to zero "horror" films in my life - I see them as mindless and gore-fested wastes of space that do nothing to enrich the human spirit. But when I heard from aquaintances that Rosemary's Baby WASN'T mindless and gore-fested and instead a VERY good movie -- albeit creepy -- I decided to watch it over the weekend.

Bad idea.

Now I understand why it's called a HORROR film. What happens in this movie is just horrible. This isn't scary, ghost-story stuff like The Sixth Sense or the Ring that takes a slight suspension of disbelief to get into. This movie demonstrates pure, unspoiled evil at its worst and that seems very real. The final scene hasn't left me after even a few days, which is rare for any movie. It's so well done, but man, I've never had anything crawl under my skin like this before. What an awful, excellent movie.

And my wife is six months pregnant, too. <shudders> I guess I'll pass up on watching The Exorcist or The Omen.

You need to watch more of his films. Polanski is amazing at times. Chinatown and The Pianist are two other movies of his I HIGHLY recommend.

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
You need to watch more of his films. Polanski is amazing at times. Chinatown and The Pianist are two other movies of his I HIGHLY recommend.

I've seen both. Chinatown is a little overrated, IMO, but the Pianist is amazing.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
You need to watch more of his films. Polanski is amazing at times. Chinatown and The Pianist are two other movies of his I HIGHLY recommend.

I've seen both. Chinatown is a little overrated, IMO, but the Pianist is amazing.

Man...I really liked Chinatown...of course I didn't go into it thinking it was going to be that good. The Pianist is great. I love Adrian Brody...I think he is a fantastic actor.

 

[ttown]

Next up....

The Shining -- with nicholson; (although even the mini-series TV remake is good)

I always mention Rosemary's Baby whenever people talk about good scary movies -- and most of the time, they've never seen it or even heard of it.

 

[LookingGlass]

OK then, don't watch the late 70's flick called. *It's Alive*

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I like Rosemary's Baby, but I still don't really consider it a horror film, since there's really no horror until the reveal at the very end. Actually you could take the first half of the movie, tack on a happy ending, and never know it was supposed to be scary.