ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) **FIRST TIME WATCHING** | SCOTTISH REACTION
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Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. The film stars Mia Farrow as a young (soon pregnant) wife living in Manhattan who comes to suspect that her elderly neighbors are members of a Satanic cult and are grooming her in order to use her baby for their rituals. The film's supporting cast includes John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Angela Dorian, and, in his feature film debut, Charles Grodin.
The film deals with themes related to paranoia, women's liberation, Christianity (Catholicism), and the occult.[3] While it is primarily set in New York City, the majority of principal photography for Rosemary's Baby took place in Los Angeles throughout late 1967. The film was released on June 12, 1968, by Paramount Pictures. It was a critical and box office success, grossing over $30 million in the United States, and received near-universal acclaim from critics. The film was nominated for several accolades, including multiple Golden Globe Award nominations and two Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress (for Ruth Gordon) and the Golden Globe in the same category. Since its release, Rosemary's Baby has been widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." - Zábava
"It has an undertaste. A chalky undertaste."
Two bits of trivia: In the early scene with Terry in the basement, Rosemary says 'I thought you were Victoria Vetri, the actress.': Terry was actually played by Victoria Vetri, the actress; and when Rosemary rings the actor who went blind, the voice on the line is that of Tony Curtis.
Victoria Vetri is credited under the name Angela Dorian. She used this pseudonym a few times. Most notabably when Vetri was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1967. She was later named Playmate of the Year for 1968..
In the book, the actress she was compared to was Anna Maria Alberghetti.
Yes, He was Uncredited in the movie Tony Curtis as Dr. Donald Baumgart's Voice when he calls "Ro!" Miss Farrow, who had not been told who would be reading Baumgart's lines, recognized his voice but could not place it. So the call was exactly what Polanski hoped to capture by not revealing Curtis' identity in advance! LOL.
Yeah, great trivia, especially about Tony Curtis because I recognized that voice but didn’t place it-thanks!
I believe this is one of the best adaptations of a popular, best selling novel to the movie screen. There are no unnecessary added scenes and very little edited out of the original story except for the very end. In the book, you as the reader, read Rosemary's thoughts of how she plans to play along with the witches to gain their trust until she can run away with her baby to seek help, either from the Catholic church or any religious faith that would help her. Leaving that out of the movie adds to the dread, discomfort and horror of the viewers. Also, ironically, Rosemary's friend Hutch who tried to warn her about "All Them Witches" was played by actor Maurice Evans, who had already and was still playing Samantha's warlock father on the 60's sitcom "Bewitched" in the USA. My husband Ron and my favorite line from the movie, "This is no dream...this is really happening!" and then we sing a little of the haunting lullaby from the beginning & end of the movie. Thanks for a serious yet fun reaction to this film.
Rosemary’s Baby, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and The Exorcist are three adaptations that are damn near perfect, and the films absolutely brilliant.
"This is no dream this is really happening" is amazing. Mia Farrows face looking into the devils eyes once she realizes it's reality is perfect
The building where Rosemary and Guy live is the Dakota -- where John Lennon was whene he was shot. In fact, I believe there is a shot of the entryway where he bled to death.
Even before that happened, it had a reputation for darkness, hauntings, etc., and, as depicted in the film, was a place where many actors, artists, and eccentrics lived.
The movie, by the way, is said to be "cursed." The director, Roman Polanski's heavily pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered a year later by Charlie Manson's gang.
By the way, because someone always comments on this -- the glass breaking they hear in the basement is from inside a garbage chute. Old buildings often had them leading straight down to the basement.
FYI: I lived in New York City for a time and found that trash chutes on every floor were a common feature of old apartment buildings. You simply take your bags of trash to the trash chute in the hallway and deposit the bags and they slide down the chute to the basement where the building superintendent will collect the trash and deposit it outside for the trash men to pick up. Someone dropping their trash bags down the garbage chute was the crashing noise that startled Rosemary and Terry when they were doing laundry in the basement. And, yes, the basements in these old buildings are universally creepy.
In many of those buildings in NYC, the garbage chutes originally went straight into the building's incinerator, which would then be fired up once a week to dispose of all the trash. It was a not uncommon way for murderers to try to dispose of bodies, back in the days when that was how the system worked.
Even non-horror or non-mystery fiction of the time often used the once-a-week incinerator burn as a plot element: characters panicking as they tried to retrieve accidentally discarded items before "burn day," people desperately asking their landlords when their bulding's burn day was, etc.
It's what happened to my parent's original marriage certificate, actually. It was accidentally thrown away, and neither of my parents realized it until burn day had already come and gone. They had to go through a lot of beaurocratic rigamarole to get it replaced.
Nice pick. The Omen from 1976 would be another perfect movie for x-mas
Thank you! Thanks for the suggestion too
When they were shooting this film and it came to the scene where Ruth Gordon (who plays Mrs. Castevet) is sitting down and talking on the telephone, Roman Polanski purposefully had her face partially blocked by the door frame. He was asked why he wanted it that way as her face couldn't be seen. Polanski responded to just wait and see. When the film came out in theaters and it came to that shot, everyone in the audience, sitting in their chairs, simultaneously leaned to the right to try and see her face.
This is one of those things you can read and instantly see in your head. Just fifty people in a movie theater leaning to the side 🤣
t shows us that we don't see and hear everything for the entire film is told from Rosemary's POV
Having no happy ending or at least some relief was way more common in 60s and 70s movies than it is today. It's indeed pretty bleak and dire, and the "New Hollywood" style of film-making, with that weird camera angles and unsettling soundtrack really adds up to that feeling.
For a more light-hearted spooky/horror-movie from Polanski, I can recommend "The Fearless Vampire Killers". Loved it as a kid.
Hey bestie! Thanks for the suggestion and your lovely support 💖💖
What do you mean? No happing ending? 👿
@@PaulWinkle Touche 🤘
@@mrtveye6682I always imagine they all pounce on Laura-Louise & literally eat her alive. That's my happy ending
@@louismarzullo1190 Hey mate, yes, that sound satisfying 😄
“I thought that!” No you didn’t. 😂
Guy Woodhouse is easily one of the most despicable characters in movie history.
And that Dr. Sapirstein really looked like that one actor...what's his name...Ralph Bellamy.
Yeah, he's high up on the vile scale.
I got the reference. 😂
Sounds like a job for Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General !!
I watched it with the better title "The Conqueror Worm". Great film
The 1967 book “Rosemary’s Baby” is worth reading because it explains everything much better than a 2 hour movie could. The book was written by Ira Levin and it’s still in print and easy to find online.
I agree. Some of the asides in the films (such as Rosemary's telling Dr Hill that she saw The Fantasticks) make no sense outside of context. There's no reference to that Hutch writes boys' adventure stories, which allow for the element of how, all of his research notwithstanding, his sensing a malevolent force on the building itself sounds as if it could be from an adventure story.
Hey guys another good and creepy horror movie is The Sentinel (1977). I don't think anyone has reacted to it yet and would be a shame for it not to be.
Love that movie
“This is no dream this is really happening!” horrifying stuff!
Your review and comments were great! This is a horrific movie. The acting was excellent. I believe that Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her part in this film.
Yes. She won the Oscar AND the Golden Globe. She's great in EVERYTHING she was ever in -- including this. She's just....unforgettable.
Thank you so much! We really enjoyed this one!
This film has the best dream sequence ever filmed, amirite?
The scene with the meat is just SO startling and you missed it! 😂
This movie is fun because you can go back to the beginning and ask yourself whether if Rosemary’s husband knew them from even before it began, it still fits…! (I used to live right next to the Dakota, where John Lennon lived)
How can you say this is not an end for this story?! 😂😂😂
It’s perfect! Devil delivered his son to our world in 1968 (he must be 56 now 😆) and his mother instinct won over her fears. Do you have any doubt he is hanging around the world nowadays?
One of my all time favorite horror movies (for me, horror is not gore) besides The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman.
😂 lol, that was giblets, not ‘hardened gravy’…🤣
Such a good, considered and at times funny reaction with both of your banter and we can all agree that Guy is a grade A Pr**k!👏Mia Farrows performance was enchanting at the start and later brilliant when she switched up to terrified as the coven sneak in after she locked herself in apartment! I've seen this classic so many times but this is the first time I noticed that Dr Hill is played by Charles Grodin, loved him in Midnight Run with DeNero! I had to pause while I googled it, It was one of those little joy moments 😂
Thanks lovely! Mia was amazing in this 💖✨️
@@weebitreacts She was and very beautiful in a pixie way
Their building "The Bramford" is actually the "Dakota" .. the entrance into the courtyard is where John Lennon was murdered
He didn’t rape her, he let THE DEVIL rape her, so he’s worse. Life must be confusing for some people.
Guys, another great movie from the same author as Rosemary's Baby is The Stepford Wives (1975) Similar themes to this!
Absolutely!
You need to review the "The Godfather both number 1 and 2, Greatest films of all time
The Godfather is 100% coming! We hoped to have it this month but it's set to come as soon as possible after the holidays 🥳🥳
@@weebitreactsTHAT is going to be epic. Colin, especially, will be like "How have I not seen these until now??" 😂 Good piece of luck for us, though!
Mia Farrow was amazing in this esp the ending screaming "maniacs". That line is almost the same as the book except she says that Guys eyes are brown
The apartment is in The Dakota building has historically been home to many artists, actors, and musicians, including John Lennon, who was murdered outside the building in 1980. Frank Sinatra divorced Mia Farrow because he demanded that she drop out of filming Rosemary's Baby after three-quarters of the movie had been filmed. Peace out.
In 1976, there was a TV movie sequel, titled LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY'S BABY, which picks up 8 years after the first film. We learn that Guy took off for a successful career in Hollywood, while Rosemary and Adrian stayed behind with the coven. Rosemary (played by Patty Duke) absconds with the boy prior to his 8th birthday party in an effort to prevent the coven from performing some sort of ritual on him
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It's been year since the viewed the film, so most of the details are fuzzy ... somehow a hooker played by Tina Louise (Ginger from Gilligan's Island) offers them shelter, then somehow convinces Rosemary to hide out in an abandoned bus. Suddenly, the bus powers up and takes off (without a driver) and we never learn of Rosemary's fate.
The film then skips ahead to show a now adult Adrian, going by the name Andrew, being a trouble maker with the local police ... and honestly, the rest of the film was so boring, I can't even recall how it ends.
The film was poorly written but Patty Duke's (brief) screen time and the return of Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet are about the only things making this dud of celluloid worth watching at all.
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Ira Levin, the author of the ROSEMARY'S BABY novel, published a sequel novel in 1997, titled SON OF ROSEMARY, which completely ignores the event of the 1976 TV movie, and serves as a direct sequel to the original film.
It is reveled that the year is now 1999 and Adrian is a world famous new age spiritual guru. The coven had placed a spell over Rosemary in 1973, putting her in a coma to prevent her from running off with Adrian. As the novel beings, she has awakened upon the death of the last member of the coven.
After being reunited with Adrian, she herself becomes a celebrity of sorts, all the while, Adrian attempts to reassure her that he's rejected the coven's evil influence and wants to bring spiritual enlightenment to the world.
There are a few odd interactions between Rosemary and Andy (bordering on incest) and on new year's eve, a deadly virus is unleased upon the planet and Satan emerges to drag Rosemary to Hell. She then wakes up to find herself 33 years in the past (prior to getting pregnant), laying in bed next to Guy at their apartment in the Bramford building. It's left up to the reader to decide if Rosemary simply dreamt the events of the 1967 and 1997 novels or had actually experienced a premonition of future events.
Great reaction! I was one of the people who suggested this, way back in one of your first reactions, so happy you got to it! The husband from Hell! (literallly!) lol
Thanks for the idea! And I'm so glad you enjoyed it 💖
🤣…Hill isn’t one of them but Saperstien delivered Hutches daughter’s babies, too, plus he was on public television, remember both…?! She shouldn’t have used his first name!
Yes, there is another movie..... "Whatever Happened To Rosemary's Baby" was a made-for-tv movie and the story picks up about 18 years after the birth.
I just found your channel, and I really enjoy it. When my husband and I were dating, the drive-in was playing this movie. We were too busy making out to watch it. This is the first time I've actually seen it.
Great reaction! The building - the Dakota has quite a history for real. Lorna, you were right the necklace thingie was actually nice, but if you were to wear it, what would you keep in it?
Roman Polanski, the director, has given two explanations for this film: 1. It's a film about a woman who gets impregnated by the devil through manipulative force. 2. It's a film about a woman who suffers from pregnancy psychosis. He refuses to clear up this matter. Furthermore: Many people are convinced that they saw the baby's eyes at the end of the movie. There is no such scene in the film, the baby is never shown.
Really good reaction!
Thanks so much! That really does mean alot 💖
one of my favourite movies! also recommend the tenant (1976) x
Many thanks to Lorna & Colin! 😱 I really love this one. The 2014 mini-series version was far less effective for me.
John Lennon lived in that apartment house
This movie is not that far off from reality, unfortunatelly. Based on the theme of the occult, if you really want to live through a cinematic experience, I recommend you "The Witch" from 2015.
Good horror/thriller .Ruth Gordon steals every scene she's in , John Cassevetes as manipulating husband is great too.
Her husband always goes out…!!
I guess it was a happy ending......Rosemary loves her baby.
I watched Rosemary's Baby years ago and thought it was amazing. It's definitely one of those endings which leave you feeling rage filled, mostly towards the husband is a selfish piece of crap. The ending is not what you expect at all but it's one of the greatest things about the movie. It's also one of those horrors that is still unsettling years after it was released.
Some tidbits: the exterior shots of The Bramford are actually The Dakota, the upper West-side Manhattan apt. building where John Lennon lived & was murdered at the front entrance where the film begins.
Maurice Evans (Hutch) played Dr. Zaius in the original Planet of the Apes. Yes, a trained Shakespearean master thespian under all that orangutan make-up. Good sport, eh? 😂
That was indeed footage of Pope Paul VI at Yankee Stadium but he was there to celebrate Mass for 50,000 Catholics, not take in a ballgame 😊. Colin saying "The Pope is at Yankee Stadium" is his new favorite line made me LOL. Another gem: "Why is everyone OK with something that smells bad hanging around their neck??" 🤣 Why indeed? The power of manipulative, gaslighting personalities. The REAL scary evil in this movie, not the devil baby 😉
Guy's joke to the realtor that he "just recently did Hamlet, didn't I Liz?" was a reference to the acclaimed English actor, Richard Burton & his then wife, the acclaimed American actress, Elizabeth Taylor. They were THE Hollywood "it" couple of the 60's
My old boss had two apartments in the Dakota and it was indeed creepy af. They have the big gas lanterns out front and the architecture is beautiful but very haunting. For years he used to throw the company Christmas parties there but stopped just before I started at the company. I always wanted to see inside but left the company before I had a chance.
@@jefferoni1984Great story! Perfect description of the place, "beautiful but haunting". How much more so since Dec.,1980 ...😢
Of the three seventies devil-child movies (this, Exorcist, and Omen) Rosemary's Baby is my favorite. I'm not in the slightest religious, so I can't take blasphemy seriously. I think this movie works better for me than the other two because it's really about conspiracy and paranoia, with the religious angle kept in the background.
Also I always love a "bad" ending.
I would have got the out of there! There was another movie. Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby.
The cult would have covered up for her if she'd killed Guy, that's true.
"Shut up with your oh, Gods or we'll kill you, milk or no milk" is a very funny line.
I think it was "Shut up with your 'Oh God's'..." Still a very funny line
@@louismarzullo1190 D'oh! Of course it was. I don't know how I did that, but I'll correct it. Thanks.
@@anrunYours makes sense in that context, too, though. The Time magazine cover, Roman proclaiming God is dead, the Year is One, etc. Out with the old, in with the new for that crowd!
@@louismarzullo1190 Indeed, solid point.
This is such a good movie but the amount of issues surrounding this movie and the struggles Mia went through is insane
This movie was not about Rosemary ~ The Super Woman Hero , It was about The Satanic Cult that's able to manipulate an unsuspecting woman.
And we would rather believe this is a folkloric tale but the fact is this type of situation happens all the time all over the world , to not only women but children too.
You know, I was thinking that you guys might also enjoy 'The Fearless Vampire Killers' which is Polanski's last film made before leaving the UK phase of his career and heading for the US (for wider acclaim, tragedy and ultimately, scandal). It's really rather fun with Polanski also playing the Vampire hunter's doofus assistant and with tragic Sharon Tate in one of her last roles. It's the film that features Jewish actor Alfie Bass, delivering the deathless line: 'Oy have you got the wrong vampire!' to his victim who's trying to protect herself behind a crucifix!
Also from the man, is the excellent but much more disturbing psychological horror 'Repulsion', made a couple of years earlier.
Thanks so much for the suggestion!
Ruth Gordon, who plays Rosemary's neighbor Minnie Castevet, stars in one of the greatest, most loved cult classic films of all time, the must-see HAROLD AND MAUDE. It's uniquely funny, and it's also warm and touching. It's about a wealthy 19 year old guy with a death fixation, who becomes infatuated with the fantastic 79 year old Ruth Gordon, who teaches him about love and living life to the fullest. It is absolutely one of those movies that you can not miss. OK then, great job you guys. Cheers!
Guys, if you want to see someone get Guy back for this try watching The Fury (1978) also with John Cassavetes 😉
Glad you got a kick out of this one. A great companion piece to this would be Polanski's
"The Ninth Gate" with Johnny Depp and Frank Langella. There's a reimagining of "Rosemary's Baby" with Zoe Saldana and Jason Issacs that was made for tv. It's an interesting take. I enjoyed the sequel to the novel called "Son of Rosemary", which was pretty weird.
Gordon reappears in the 1976 sequel Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby where other characters like Roman and Guy and Rosemary also reappear but played by other actors, Patty Duke is Rosemary the part Farrow won over her in the original film.
There is a sequel to this movie 1976 film "Look What Happened To Rosemary's Baby" which is about the son, you can be free to check that out too if you like.
Aww, Lorna just wanted to see some stabbing😂
This is one of the most paranoia filled movies I've ever seen
Watch Wicker Man
Watch Annie Hall by Woody Allen !!
This came out when I was 9 or 10. My father, for some reason, would not allow me to see it.
Next...Funny Games 🤣
There was an awful movie sequel made in the seventies starring Patty Duke called, "Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby".
You two are very cute. Please react to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
There is a sequel "What Ever Happened to Rosemary Baby" which filmed in 1976 but wasn't as good.
And the book was even worse! I couldn't believe it was written by the same author!
43:40 These gender reveal parties are getting out of control!!!
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Check out Ruth Gordon
Hey, you look a bit like Twiggy too! 😉
04:40 three people are going to eat all that?
ahaha I hadn't even noticed but that is A LOT!
@@weebitreactsHutch takes the leftovers to local soup kitchen 😁
"husband makes a pact with the devil"...wow...are you serious...the description actually gave it away that the husband was in on it...?..really...?...that is one of the most interesting aspects for the viewer, to slowly come to realize that Guy was involved, or was he?...why on earth would they spoil that for potential viewers?
Did we actually do that and then not realise ourselves 😂😂. Embarrassing! Thanks and sorry!
What a great pity that you read about this beforehand so you knew there was a pact with the devil. When I saw this on its first release all we knew was that it was a horror movie and little by little we learned the truth. This was lost to you, so it really wasn't a true first time watching. I think that if you view other horror movies, best to go into them the way the audiences did when they were first released. I'll now give you a recommendation, a really classy widescreen black and white movie from the 60s called "The Innocents". So atmospheric, but DON'T find out anything about it beforehand! BTW it's been posted for free on YT by Yami BazFM
We didn't go out of our way to read it, it was a sentence next to the play button which unfortunately we could not avoid as I shared. It's more important to me to be genuine than lie and pretend that it didn't say what the movie was about - it certainly didn't spoil us or impact our enjoyment and excitement knowing that the movie centered around a pact with the Devil.
I disagree with it not being a true first time watching, we had never seen it, we have never seen any clips from it or seen any pop culture references to it. So first time watching is a pretty good description.
@@weebitreacts I saw this movie over 30 years ago and I knew the devil part . It did not impact my experience at all. The reaction still felt like a first time reaction . Great job !
A lot of reactors forget about the old lady who died before the movie starts.
Huh?
@@bethhoyle3033 The lady whose apartment they moved into.
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Welcome. I hope you site does well.
They need to be on every day ,Multiple times,then their viewership will soar
If only we could be on every day, but we both work fulltime! As soon as we can add more content we will!
Bloody hell. Talk about a huge spoiler. You should definitely avoid reading the blurbs about the movies in the future.
We didn't go and read it! It was next to the play button. We didn't feel it detracted from the movie at all, we enjoyed it.
Spoilers are so rampant these days. I’ve even titles of news articles that give away the surprise endings of season finales. Sometimes it’s next to impossible to avoid spoilers.
ja the bad guys won in this movie. 😔
Guys, please put 'Chinatown' on your list. Polanski's best, imo. Not exactly a bold statement, as it's on any credible list of the top 100 films of all time, any language
Except that Mia Farrow is NOT so sweet, her adopted children from Asia she treated like hired help (two of whom died in poverty!) one of whom explained how she abused him, and the kids who were her own she treated royally…!!
Guys, you’ve got to do something with your sound - impossible to listen to your commentary, since you had to mute background noise from the film. Perhaps use headphones
Hello!
We do use earphones when watching films but I think on this occasion we may have had the noise threshold a little to high so we will take note and continue to improve. I (Colin) hope it didn't ruin the reaction for you. Thanks!
It sucks the stupid movie box gave away the plot for u guys
The part 2 movie is on CZcams but it is boring