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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not a bad movie!!!!!!, March 22, 2008
This review is from: Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby [IMPORT] (DVD)
Contrary to the first post, this is not a bad film. I loved it when I first watched it in 1976, granted, I was only 12, but it has stayed with me through the years. The way this movie is done, it will really surprise you, especially who Rosemary's Baby's best friend is. I am disappointed this one is not available anywhere to rent or buy, etc. Has anybody tried watching "The Sentinel"? This is a really good horror flick as well from the same time frame.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Maybe I'm the only one, but I love this movie, in all its cheesy glory., November 19, 2008
This review is from: Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby [IMPORT] (DVD)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (Sam O'Steen, 1976)
I first saw this flick when I was still prepubscent by a number of years-- it may have been when it was first shown on TV (which would have made me eight years old)-- and I thought it was about the best thing since sliced bread. (Oddly, I was never able to appreciate the original movie until recently.) I'd been trying to track it down for quite a while after that, but never had any success until earlier this month. Now, every review of the movie I've read since (including some unsolicited ones offered to me by... oh, it's a long story) has ranged from bad to worse. I couldn't be misremembering it that badly, could I? Well, for one thing, I swore up and down Telly Savalas was somewhere in this flick. Whoops. Still, I've been exposed to both Rosemary's Baby sequels-- this film and Ira Levin's own sequel Son of Rosemary-- and, honestly, this one's better. (I can't believe everyone who read the book wasn't put off Levin forevermore by that horrible, horrible cop-out on the final page.)
Anthony Wilson, probably best remembered as the man who adapted the Planet of the Apes franchise for a TV series, scripted and produced this made-for-television dog directed by Sam O'Steen (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom). We see Rosemary's baby, alternately named Adrian and Andrew, just as in the original, in two stages of his life. First off, we see Rosemary (here played by Patty Duke) taking Andrew, now eight years old, and fleeing New York with him. She is tracked down by the seemingly nationwide network of friends the Castavets (Ray Milland and Ruth Gordon, the only two actors to return from Polanski's movie) have, and control of Adrian is passed on to Marjean Dorn (Tina Louise), a nightclub owner somewhere in the American southwest, as Rosemary is dealt with accordingly (in one of the film's more memorable scenes).
Then we see Adrian all grown up, now played by Stephen McHattie (recently of All Hat) in one of his earliest roles. Adrian's been palling around with a straightlaced guy named Peter Simon (the late David Huffman)-- could the symbolism really be less subtle?-- and the Castavets aren't liking it. It seems that for the son of the devil, Adrian isn't really living up to expectations. So the Castavets call in Rosemary's ex, Guy Woodhouse (here played by George Maharis), to sort out the Simon kid and get Adrian back on track. Murphy's Law kicks in, and... well, you'll have to see for yourself.
Taken for what it is-- a low-budget made-for-TV shocker that was probably cranked out in a week and a half while everyone involved was between projects-- it's not a bad little movie, really. Certainly better than about half the flicks I've seen this month (and I've been doing a lot of movie watching). As the cast list should tell you, the acting is competent (and I somehow managed to leave out Broderick Crawford!). The direction is less so, but it's not as bad as it is in some of the amateur horror flicks I've seen recently. The script is nothing special, though it's not bad. In other words, it's a mediocre flick that stands watching maybe once every twenty years-- but still, that's a lot better than most folks are saying. One IMDB reviewer says "Ira Levin deserves an apology." He's obviously never read Son of Rosemary. ** ½
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4.0 out of 5 stars
That old school 70's magic!!, April 22, 2011
This review is from: Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby [IMPORT] (DVD)
I've got this movie on vhs and for you youngsters that's video tape. This is a classic 70's horror genre film and sure it's kind of a cross between the first Rosemary's baby and woodstock because of all the hippie music and disco kind of feel but it has something I can't quite put my finger on other than to say it brings back nostalgic memories of a time long since gone but fondly remembered. All horror fans my age I think will agree that if you see this movie it will somehow make you feel like a kid or at least teen again. Ahhh those good ol days. I miss em.
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