Rosemary's Baby
1968 · 138 min · Drama / Horror / Thriller · TMDB 7.8
The short version:Pregnancy paranoia in a Manhattan apartment. Almost no violence, but a drugged rape scene and a steady drip of dread about control over a woman's body.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread5
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares1
NoneConstant
Disturbing4
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Children & pregnancy
- Pregnancy & childbirth traumaHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A painful, medically mismanaged pregnancy is the whole plot.
Sexual content & violence
- Sexual assaultHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A drugged, dreamlike rape scene; the husband's complicity is the real horror.
Body & medical
- Medical & surgicalModerateeditorial
Abuse & bigotry
- Domestic abuseModerateeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Cults & religious extremismHeavyeditorial
- Demons & possessionModerateeditorial