Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Director: Roman Polanski
Tagline: « It’s not what you’re expecting. »
Actors:
Rosemary Woodhouse
Guy Woodhouse
Minnie Castevet
Roman Castevet
Genres: Drama, Horror
Rating:  vote average (259’613 votes)
Quotes: « Rosemary Woodhouse: Witches… All of them witches! » « Rosemary Woodhouse: This is no dream! This is really happening! » « Roman Castevet: Rosemary… » « Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. » « Roman Castevet: Rosemary… » « Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. You're in Dubrovnik, I don't hear you. »
Trailer: Rosemary's Baby
Runtime:137 minutes
Plots: A young woman suspects her neighbors have sinister plans for her pregnancy. Rosemary Woodhouse, a young Catholic homemaker dreaming of starting a family, and Guy, her struggling actor husband, move into The Bramford, an imposing New York City building with a dark past. Surrounded by unsettling stories about mysterious residents and eerie occurrences, the new tenants befriend their amiable next-door neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet. Shortly after, Rosemary gets pregnant. At last, things are looking up. However, as alarming hints of a sinister conspiracy emerge, suspicion and mental agony get the best of her. Undoubtedly, the inexperienced mother-to-be is overreacting; no one wants to cut Rosemary off from her circle of friends. Then again, why is everyone so conveniently eager to help? Above all else, why is Guy allowing it? In 1965, in New York City, the housewife Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband, the actor of commercials Guy Woodhouse, move to the Bramford building to the former apartment 7E of Mrs. Gardenia on the seventh floor. The lady died after three weeks in coma and Rosemary and Guy intend to have children of their own. They renovate the apartment, and Rosemary befriends the dweller Terry in the laundry, who speaks highly of Minnie Castevet and Roman Castevet, who rescued her from the streets and treat her like a daughter. Soon Terry commits suicide, and Rosemary tells the police officer that the girl loved Mr. and Mrs. Castevet. Minnie invites Rosemary and her husband to have diner with her and Guy goes, despite the initial complaint to the invitation. He immediately befriends Roman, and soon he has sex with Rosemary fainted while she has weirdest dreams. She gets pregnant and Minnie asks her to change her obstetrician to the famous Dr. Sapirstein, who prescribes herbs prepared by Minnie instead of vitamins to her. She begins to wither away with pain and when her friend Edward “Hutch” Hutchins visits her, he is impressed with her appearance. He schedules a lunch with Rosemary to show his discoveries, but he never appears, and she learns that he is in coma. When she meets a common friend at his funeral, she gives a book to Rosemary that Hutch asked her to give while he was in coma. Soon Rosemary learns that the Bramford is a coven and Roman is the son of a notorious devil worshiper. She believes her baby is in danger and tries to escape from the witches. But who can help her?

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