Rosemary's Baby
Movie, 1968, Named by critics, Set in Second in the trilogy
Rosemary's Baby is #8 of 48 in release order and #5 of 48 in chronological order in the Spiritual Trilogies.
The story
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Rosemary's Baby recap
Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy, a struggling actor, move into the Bramford, an old Manhattan apartment building with a dark history. Their elderly neighbours Minnie and Roman Castevet befriend them, and Guy spends more and more time with them. After a young woman staying with the Castevets falls to her death, Guy suddenly lands a big part when the rival actor goes blind. On the night they plan to conceive, Rosemary eats a strange dessert from Minnie, passes out, and dreams of being raped by an inhuman creature while the Castevets and others watch. She becomes pregnant, suffers constant pain and grows gaunt, under the care of Dr. Sapirstein, the Castevets' friend. Her old friend Hutch, who distrusts the building, falls into a coma and dies after leaving her a book on witchcraft. It is the second film in Polanski's Apartment Trilogy, where the walls of a home hide a threat no one will believe.
Rosemary's Baby ending explained
Rosemary gives birth to the son of Satan and agrees to mother him. Convinced her neighbours are a coven who want the child, she runs to another doctor, who hands her back to Guy and Sapirstein. She is sedated, gives birth, and is told the baby died. Hearing a cry through the wall, she enters the Castevets' apartment through a hidden door with a kitchen knife and finds the coven around a black cradle. The baby has his father's eyes. Roman asks her to be a mother to him, and she begins to rock the cradle.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby is streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo, AMC+, Kanopy, and AMC in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, before Klute.
- Chronological order: after Repulsion, before The Tenant.
Cast
- Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse
- John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse
- Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet
- Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet
- Maurice Evans as Hutch
- Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Sapirstein
- Victoria Vetri as Terry
- Patsy Kelly as Laura-Louise
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Mr. Nicklas
- Emmaline Henry as Elise Dunstan
- Charles Grodin as Dr. Hill
- Hanna Landy as Grace Cardiff
Directed by Roman Polanski.