Review of Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Goatlips — 30 Oct 2020

96% positive critics reviews and 8.2/10 average score from users - this must be the highest-rated horror film (true horror = supernatural, not including sci-fi 'horror')!

However, 'Rosemary's Baby' (Polanski, 1968) is terribly camp, hammy, and kitsch - even for the '60s. It really hasn't aged at all well - almost as bad as 'Easy Rider' (1969). Mia Farrow is good, but the other actors seem like they're making a completely different, surreal, psychedelic film.

The plot is virtually non-existent for the 2 hour 17 minute duration, so it's empty, and the acting is often so hammy it just seems unbelievably creepy and weird, but not in a way beneficial to the film.

When it comes to devil-baby films your go-to should always be 'The Omen' (Donner, 1976), and the sequels of the trilogy - the Oscar-winning score from Jerry Goldsmith is truly disturbing.

8.2/10 user review average?! If you're one of the average then I guess you're thinking, "You just didn't get it", but I got it - Roman Polanski was a creepy, weirdo, convicted child-rapist himself and thinks that's how normal people act. They do not. 2/10 - honestly.