Rosemary's Baby

A magnificent exercise in escalating unease, Polanski’s poker-faced adaptation of Ira Levin’s neogothic best-seller follows the harrowing gestation of Manhattan mom-to-be Mia Farrow as she unwittingly carries the devil’s offspring. The movie achieves the bulk of its unsettling power from scenes of humdrum domestic discord. Though not as viscerally gripping as Repulsion, this film serves as a welcome reminder that Polanski is at his best when evoking subtle, insidious terror.