Bria Lou Reviews

  There are a few movies on this year's horror-themed bucket list that I've seen before and written posts on in the past, but this is the only one so far that I've wanted to write a second post on. Before I started watching the film I re-read what I wrote about it previously, and not only was it a really short post, but I didn't like the film that time as much as I had when I first saw it. And I assumed that this re-watch would be the same. So I was really surprised by how much I loved the film this time around! So much that I think it definitely deserved a proper review. My main reason for not loving it before was that not much happened, but for some reason, I completely disagree with that now, upon this third (or fourth) re-watch. There is a sinister undertone the entire way through, every single thing that happens in tinged with a feeling of unease and apprehension. Before anything even happens, before Rosemary is even pregnant, the audience is on edge, even though w...

  This was a second time watch, which feels weird considering how much of a horror fan I am. I definitely should have seen this a lot sooner! I liked this film, though I must say I liked it a lot more the first time around. It opened a lot of doors for the horror world, and was a great exploration into themes of religion, paranoia, oppression and, of course, satanism, which is wild for a film made in the 60s.  My only issue with the film was that, and this is probably because I'm watching it from the lens of 2024, where films have action or drama or horror in every other scene, but it felt like nothing really happened for a while.  And that didn't take away the enjoyment of it, but it wasn't as scary as you would probably want it to be. But in saying that, I'm always happy when there's a horror movie on the Bucket List, and this is probably the most popular classic horror outside of Hitchcock, so it definitely deserves it's place on the list!