Apartment 7A

Rosemary's Baby is one of my favourite films ever, still stands strong almost half a century later. I watch it time and time again and still notice new things.

When I seen there was a prequel made I gave it no notice, proper eye roll stuff. Why? Can't they just leave a classic as is?

Anyway! Was at a loss and put it in tonight, and I actually enjoyed it. The story line was good, I loved the Easter eggs of the original... its made me want to put on the OG again ha.

I think the low score for this is unjustified, I think you need to have seen the OG for the groundwork of this story to understand it. If watched as a stand alone it would seem abit meh.

So yeh pleasantly surprised... not a patch on OG but a welcomed reimagining using the original story and characters before beloved Rosmary moved in.

On that note. I urge anybody that hasn't.... please watch ROSEMARYS BABY like now!

In 1965, the aspiring dancer Theresa "Terry" Gionoffrio (Julia Garner) moves from Nebraska to New York City expecting to win fame and fortune. However, during the rehearsal of a play, she breaks her ankle and falls in disgrace in the artistic environment. When she goes to the audition of the play "The Pale Crook", she is humiliated by the producer Alan Marchand (Jim Sturgess). Terry follows him to beg another chance and when he arrives at his apartment building, the Bramford, she feels sick and throws up. The old couple Minnie Castevet (Dianne Wiest) and Roman Castevet (Kevin McNally) help her on the street and bring her home. They do not have children and offer the apartment 7A that is empty to Terry. She moves from the house of her friend Annie Leung (Marli Siu) to the apartment at the Bramford. Soon her life progresses but she feels that there is something evil in the Bramsford.

"Apartment 7A" (2024) is a great prequel to Roman Polanski's masterpiece "Rosemary's Baby" (1968). The atmospheric plot is creepy, and Julia Garner has a great performance in the role of an ambitious young woman that intends to be successful in New York City dancing, but stumbles upon worshipers of the devil. The viewer will certainly feel sorry for the fate of Terry and there is a cliffhanger for the film by Roman Polanski. Unfortunately, it took more than fifty years to make and release this prequel. Now I will revisit "Rosemary's Baby" again to remember details from this unforgettable movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Apartamento 7A" ("Apartment 7A")

I'm not mad about this. Probably because I'm not a fan of the original and to me, Julia Garner is a much better actress than Mia Farrow, so it was a delight to follow her journey. And of course Diane Wiest is always superb. You can see how much she relishes this role. The visuals were great, and I can't quite decide what hits harder - Terry's Liza Minelli cut or Satan's whole bedazzled look.

I don't understand why everyone keeps saying that it's the same movie as the original... Like, how is it the same? The basic premise of woman getting pregnant by a sinister force is the same, sure. But the lead character acts differently, and correct me if I'm wrong - and I might be because I've only seen the original once and I didn't like it - but Mia Farrow only found out what she gave birth to at the very end. And Terry got wise to things much faster and... well, spoilers aside, the story does not unravel in the same way in Apartment 7A.

I get that there are quite a few fans of the original (if you can call it that since this is a prequel), I understand that stories could have been tied better... But, you know what? This is a good movie. The main character is likeable, smart, and relatable. The story is interesting and well-paced. There are some creepy characters but they never felt cartoonish. I enjoyed it a lot and it's one of the best horror movies of 2024.

By now you probably know the story and even how it ends, but try to enjoy this movie as a stand-alone. Try not to bother yourself "nobody asked for this, originality is dead", watch it and you just might like it.

This is not enough of a movie to the name, Rosemary baby is probably the best horror movie of all time, this movie is good but is not trying enough.

Its an interesting movie to watch and Garner is an incredible actress and everyone knows that, but the story and the distinct horror presented in here is not solid enough and that's a shame because this movie looks very good.

The other cast does an increible job too, it really feels like a proper prequel of RB but its lacking the suspense, its s shame really it should have been better than this

Its never going to be in the same level as the original but its ok, that's obvious and expected, this was a good try.