GENRE: Drama/ Horror/ Mystery
MADE: 1968
CAST: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski
WRITER: Ira Levin, Roman Polanski
PLOT: A young couple moves into a New York apartment with an eccentric old couple as neighbors. Things are strange and shaky between the young couple and only get worse when they get pregnant. As their pregnancy furthers and their due date gets near the young girl falls into paranoia and thoughts of a conspiracy against her deepens.
PARALLEL UNIVERSE: The Omen,
The Shining,
The Reaping
SCORE:
NOTE: The film is neither slow nor fast paced, the driving force of the film is the mystery. The anticipation of the baby being born, which ultimately is the ending of the film is where the viewers sole interest lies, this is what I found kept my attention. There is something oddly creepy about the film and what it is that makes it so I'm unable to say, perhaps that is what makes it a great film.
