"He has his father's eyes."
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
Directed by Roman Polanski
The same year George Romero released his revolutionary independent production, a major Hollywood studio gave us a horror classic of a very different kind. "Rosemary's Baby" is a subtle, elegantly constructed film filled with sly humor that also manages to be profoundly creepy and unsettling. Roman Polanski is a master of psychological suspense (in fact, he has two other films that almost made this list) and this film is one of his masterpieces. The slowly mounting sense of dread and paranoia surrounding helpless waif-like Rosemary Goodhouse is powerful and unnerving, building to one of the great endings in cinema, period. Ruth Gordon won a supporting actor Oscar as the "helpful" old lady next door but John Cassevetes is equally strong as her self-absorbed, opportunistic husband.
Another must see.
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