Rosemary's Baby (1968)

'Rosemary's Baby' is a landmark "serious" horror movie, ironically produced by schlock mister William Castle. Based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin ('The Stepford Wives', 'The Boys from Brazil') and famously directed by Roman Polanski it is the story of a young woman and her husband (Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes) who move into an apartment in a rambling old Victorian building in 1960's New York City, that turns out to be the base of operations of a coven of witches. The witches plot of course is to impregnate Rosemary with the devils spawn thus giving birth to the anti-Christ. It's creepy and wonderfully paced, in no hurry but never boring, it leaves a fair amount unsaid but implied, which I liked, and though I'd heard about this film for decades somehow I was not aware of its dream sequences, which were a surprise and added to the strangeness of the procedings. While the film was contextually geard towards younger people most of the cast is older, espically the badies, and that adds a nice effect, the most evil characters in the thing are old and seemingly docile. Visually distinct, a great score, and my kind of ending. ****