Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

Psychological terrorism and supernatural horror have rarely been dramatized as effectively as in this classic 1968 thriller, masterfully adapted and directed by Roman Polanski from the chilling novel by Ira Levin. Rosemary (Mia Farrow) is a young, trusting housewife in New York whose actor husband (John Cassavetes), unbeknownst to her, has literally made a deal with the devil. In the thrall of a witches' coven headquartered in their apartment building, the young husband arranges to have his wife impregnated by Satan in exchange for success in a Broadway play. To Rosemary, the pregnancy seems like a normal and happy one--that is, until she grows increasingly suspicious of her neighbors' evil influence. Polanski establishes this seemingly benevolent situation and then introduces each fiendish little detail with such unsettling subtlety that the film escalates to a palpable level of dread and paranoia. By the time Rosemary discovers that her infant son "has his father's eyes" ... well, let's just say the urge to scream along with her is unbearably intense! One of the few modern horror films that can claim to be genuinely terrifying, Rosemary's Baby is an unforgettable movie experience, guaranteed to send chills up your spine. --Jeff Shannon

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
96
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
APPROVED
Year:
1968
137
12,529 Views

[Rosemary enters, carrying a knife]

Mrs. Gilmore:
Rosemary! Go back to bed. You know you're not supposed to be up and around.

Japanese man:
Is that the mother?

Roman:
Rosemary -

Rosemary:
Shut up.

Roman:
Rosemary -

Rosemary:
Shut up! You're in Dubrovnik. I don't hear you. [She slowly walks over to the cradle, sees her child in the bassinet - her eyes widen in terror] What have you done to it? What have you done to its eyes?

Roman:
He has his father's eyes.

Rosemary:
What are you talking about?! Guy's eyes are normal! What have you done to him? You maniacs!

Roman:
Satan is his father, not Guy. He came up from hell and begat a son of mortal woman. [Coven members cheer 'Hail, Satan!'] Satan is his father and his name is Adrian. He shall overthrow the mighty and lay waste their temples. He shall redeem the despised and wreak vengeance in the name of the burned and the tortured. Hail, Adrian! Hail, Satan! Hail, Satan!

Minnie:
He chose you out of all the world - out of all the women in the whole world, he chose you. He arranged things, because he wanted you to be the mother of his only living son.

Roman:
His power is stronger than stronger! His might shall last longer than longer.

Japanese man:
Hail, Satan!

Rosemary:
No! It can't be! No!

Minnie:
Go look at his hands.

Laura-Louise:
And his feet.

Rosemary:
Oh, God! [She drops her knife]

Roman:
God is dead! Satan lives! The year is One, the year is One! God is dead! Why don't you help us out, Rosemary? Be a real mother to Adrian. You don't have to join if you don't want to. Just be a mother to your baby. Minnie and Laura-Louise are too old. It's not right. Think about it, Rosemary.

Rosemary:
Oh, God!

Laura-Louise:
Aw, shut up with your Oh, Gods or we'll kill ya - milk or no milk!

Mrs. Gilmore:
You shut up. Rosemary's his mother, so you show some respect.

Roman:
[to Argyron Stavropolous, one of the guests who has just arrived] Come my friend. Come see him. Come see the child.

Guy:
They promised me you wouldn't be hurt and you haven't been...really. I mean, supposing you had the baby and you lost it? Wouldn't that be the same? And we're getting so much in return, Ro. [She spits in his face.]

Roman:
Oh, Guy, let me introduce you to Argyron Stavropolous.

Argyron:
How proud you must be. Is this the mother?

Minnie:
[She gives Rosemary a cup and saucer.] Here, drink this. You'll feel a little better.

Rosemary:
What's in it, tannis root?

Minnie:
Nothing's in it, just plain ordinary Lipton's tea. You drink it.

[The baby starts to cry. Rosemary watches as Laura-Louise roughly rocks the bassinet, and then slowly walks over.]

Laurie-Louise:
[To Rosemary] Get away from here! Roman!

Rosemary:
You're rocking him too fast.

Laurie-Louise:
Sit down. [To Roman] Get her out of here. Put her where she belongs.

Rosemary:
You're rocking him too fast. That's why he's crying.

Laura-Louise:
Oh, mind your own business.

Roman:
Let Rosemary rock him. Go on, sit down with the others. Let Rosemary rock him.

Laura-Louise:
Well, she's liable to -

Roman:
Sit down with the others, Laura-Louise. [To Rosemary] Rock him.

Rosemary:
Are you trying to get me to be his mother?

Roman:
Aren't you his mother?

Rosemary Woodhouse:
[to Dr. Hill] You can hear them singing through the wall... Guy said it was Dr. Shand, one of these people playing a recorder. Now, how did he know it was Dr. Shand unless he was there with them. They're very clever people. They planned everything right from the beginning. They probably made some sort of deal with Guy. They gave him success and he promised them our baby to use in their rituals. I know this sounds crazy, but I've got books here. Look. There was another actor like him, Donald Baumgart and they put a spell on him. They cast a spell on him and made him blind so that Guy could get his part. Look, here. (She shows Dr. Hill the Witchcraft book excerpt) I had this friend, Edward Hutchins. Maybe you heard of him, a writer. He wrote stories for boys. Anyway, he was my good friend since I first came to New York... Anyway, once Mr. Hutchins came to visit me...It was the time I was having this pain, Doctor. I was suffering severe - you can't imagine how much I was suffering. And they wouldn't help me, nobody would. They were giving me a drink with tannis-root in it, also witches' stuff, tannis-root. Hutch came and he immediately saw something was wrong. He knew about witches, you see. Suddenly, Guy rushed home with his make-up still on, which he never did. They probably called him to come home and steal one of Hutch's belongings - which he did. Took his glove. And they put a spell on him too. Put him in a coma. Three months later, he died. Now, maybe all of this is coincidence, but one thing is for sure, they have a coven and they want my baby.


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