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Title: Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin ISBN: 0-451-19400-4 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.98 (48 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good plain tale.
Comment: Horror stories are best when they creep up on you. It is not necessary to resort to gutwrenchingly gross images or so much as spin your head around. Horror is about primordial feelings and emotions. Shirley Jackson knew about this. Here, Ira Levin takes an age-old idea -- the mother pregnant through supernatural means -- and puts a modern spin on it. We are drawn in so subtly that we think we're reading a plain novel, but the hints are scattered all through. We come to understand the nature of Rosemary's pregnancy long before Rosemary begins to suspect that anything is untoward. And when she does learn the truth about her neighbours, she jumps to an understandable erroneous conclusion that ensures the coven's success. We are left to wonder: do they ever actually perform the ceremonies that Rosemary fears? Brilliant. Read this, see the movie (closely based on the book) and leave "Son of Rosemary" quite alone.
Rating: 5
Summary: A pregnant woman discovers a satanic sacrifice plot
Comment: Rosemarys Baby is extremely easy to read and you will get through the book in no time at all. It is short, about 200 pages and is pretty much more of a novella than a full bloodied horror manuscript. None the less - it is still extremely satisfying and the size and depth of the story is particularly suitable for the subject matter at hand.
The plot revolves around the newly wed Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse who have moved into a huge apartment in a building known as the Bramford in New York. Rosemary wants children and Guy, an actor, wants to further his career. Hutch, a friend of Rosemary, tells her that the Bramford is a "danger zone" because of previous murders, suicides and diabolical deeds that have gone on there in the past. Sure enough many of these atrocities slowly begin to unveil themselves much to the dismay of Rosemary. Guy sees these events as just a coincidence and the elderly occupants who live in the Bramford seem to be all too innocent to be involved in plotting murders or faking suicides.
Eventually everything settles down and Rosemary gets pregnant during a nightmare that has her confused but she gradually calms down to prepare for her new born but not without the smothering attention of her neighbors who pop around twenty times a day to help her out. Rosemary casually begins to notice things in the Bramford or about its occupants in passing and slowly suspicion begins to develop in her mind that all may not be as it seems.
There is a classic mystery lurking behind the more horrific avenues found in this great story as Rosemary slowly unravels the unknown which seems to have a diabolical nature. Doctors hint that her pregnancy may be causing undue stress and the reader is left guessing right up until the last few pages as to if there is a plot to sacrifice her baby or if she is going mad in some sort of prenatal depression. The ending is a total shock to the uninformed reader!
Roman Polanski also directed the film version of this book. Both the film and book are excellent choices of entertainment.
Highly recommended original horror!
Rating: 5
Summary: Hauntingly chilling classic horror
Comment: Rosemary's Baby is the story of a young newly-wed couple who happen to move in to a building with a history of unfortunate and strange occurences. Rosemary is ready and willing to start a family, but little does she know she'll end up carrying the baby of, not her husband Guy, but rather Satan himself. This is a story of witches and devil worship coupled with real-life events and occurences. This fact is what made this novel so ground-breaking when it first came out in the 60's. It places horror in the home, and in someone's womb, as opposed to something slightly more abstract (ie-"Swamp Thing" or "The Blob"). "Fear where we never thought to look before." Is Rosemary being a worried soon-to-be mother? How many of her suspicions are rooted in fact? Does Rosemary need to protect her child from others, or is it everyone else who needs protection from him? For Rosemary, the line becomes blurred between fear and reality and she can trust no one as she struggles to discern the truth.
Levin weaves the plot elements together so masterfully and intricately that the story is indeed flawless. The characters are believable, and the suspense very real. The twists are intriguing and exciting. I cranked this book out yesterday, so it's fair to say that Rosemary's Baby is an easy and fast-paced read. However, though this is a great suspense-type horror book, it is not really necessarily "spooky" or nail-biting per say. If you are looking for a suspensful page-turner that is a quick and simple read, then give this one a try!
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Title: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub ISBN: 0060080841 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty ISBN: 0061007226 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Son of Rosemary: The Sequel to Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin ISBN: 0451194721 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title:Rosemary's Baby ASIN: B00003CXCF Publisher: Paramount Home Video Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.03 |
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Title: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson ISBN: 0140071083 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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