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.
Directed by Roman Polanski
new york city
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
satanism
conspiracy
soul selling
new neighbor
occult
struggling actor
demonic possession
satanic ritual
pregnant wife
coven (akelarre)
satanic cult
nosy neighbor
manhattan, new york city
woman in jeopardy
aspiring actor
neighbor neighbor relationship
new apartment
paranoid
poisoning
gaslighting
apartment
psychological horror
meddling neighbor
horrified
impregnation of woman by entity
selfish husband
ambitious husband
Rank
#4 in 1968·#435 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
4.2 / 5
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Cast
Mia Farrow
Rosemary Woodhouse
John Cassavetes
Guy Woodhouse
Ruth Gordon
Minnie Castevet
Sidney Blackmer
Roman Castevet
Maurice Evans
Hutch
Ralph Bellamy
Dr. Sapirstein
Victoria Vetri
Terry
Patsy Kelly
Laura-Louise
Elisha Cook Jr.
Mr. Nicklas
Emmaline Henry
Elise Dunstan
Charles Grodin
Dr. Hill
Phil Leeds
Dr. Shand
Crew
Roman Polanski
Director
Roman Polanski
Screenplay
William A. Fraker
Director of Photography
William Castle
Producer
Robert Evans
Producer
Ira Levin
Novel
Hawk Koch
Dialogue Coach
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Popular Reviews
3222 reviews
Gianni
9.0★ · 02/01/26
95/100 Simply created a genre... not much to add to this
Fuck u roman polanski but this film is the GOAT but still fuck u
Fuck u roman polanski but this film is the GOAT but still fuck u
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Brendon
10.0★ · 03/07/25
Mia Farrow with a Vidal Sassoon.> Originally a 4, last watched in 2022.This is now in my top 50, maybe even better than Chinatown (but I have to rewatch that too). Polanski proves himself to be the Kanye West of directors but less mentally unstable, not antisemitic, and more rapey (NOTE: I don't listen to Kanye, just talking about his praises despite their terrible deeds).
I might go deeper into Polanski's filmography because he knows how to make a terrifying movie with fantastic directional choices, getting great performances out of everybody, especially Mia Farrow, and adapting a book into a fantastic screenplay that the audience can sink their teeth into and inject their own interpretation based off the ideas about religions and women's paranoia, detailing the dark depths of religion and how it relates to suffrage. Even with that in mind, the movie is just so damn entertaining and a second watch proved to be beneficial as I caught way more than I did the first time; a masterpiece.
Mia Farrow with a Vidal Sassoon.> Originally a 4, last watched in 2022.This is now in my top 50, maybe even better than Chinatown (but I have to rewatch that too). Polanski proves himself to be the Kanye West of directors but less mentally unstable, not antisemitic, and more rapey (NOTE: I don't listen to Kanye, just talking about his praises despite their terrible deeds).
I might go deeper into Polanski's filmography because he knows how to make a terrifying movie with fantastic directional choices, getting great performances out of everybody, especially Mia Farrow, and adapting a book into a fantastic screenplay that the audience can sink their teeth into and inject their own interpretation based off the ideas about religions and women's paranoia, detailing the dark depths of religion and how it relates to suffrage. Even with that in mind, the movie is just so damn entertaining and a second watch proved to be beneficial as I caught way more than I did the first time; a masterpiece.
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vi
10.0★ · 12/19/15
this movie is a prime example of why men ain't shit
this movie is a prime example of why men ain't shit
