In this new Fiftieth Anniversary edition of the classic masterpiece of spellbinding suspense, evil wears the most innocent face of all…Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and mostly elderly residents. Neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet soon come nosing around to welcome the Woodhouses … welcome the Woodhouses to the building, and despite Rosemary’s reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband takes a shine to them.
Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant—and the Castevets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castevets’ circle is not what it seems…more
The devil-worshipping seniors are the bad guys in Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby. But, for me, there’s an even deeper evil—Rosemary’s husband, Guy Woodhouse, is one of the most despicable villains you’ll ever meet. He’s an ordinary guy who betrays his innocent wife Rosemary by making a deal with an Upper West Side coven of witches in order to succeed as an actor in New York City. He tries to convince Rosemary that the Castevets are a harmless elderly couple, while knowing they want her to bear the Devil’s child. Suddenly, Rosemary is drinking mysterious “vitamin” drinks and Guy gets his big break when the actor he’s understudying goes inexplicably blind. Woodhouse looks the other way as Rosemary is raped by Satan. Guy’s a malignant narcissist who figures they can always have another baby. This spider was written with sinister charm by both Levin, and Polanski adapting the book to the screen.
I enjoyed the story, but was disappointed that poor Rosemary was so trapped.
One of the best supernatural thrillers of all time
Scary!
Did not like but it was okay to read
Scared out of my wits
An absolute classic, one of the great horrors of our time. Levin really builds up the tensin and never let’s go. If you haven’t read it by now, do so!
I thought it would be more of a horror book; it ended up mostly being suspense in my opinion. It was definitely good and well-written, just not what I was expecting.
Excellent book that I read years ago. It’s very frightening.
Great, sparsely written novel.
One of the FIRST books of this genre to hit the market, it was truly frightening. I would imagine it would STILL be for someone’s first encounter with EVIL.
It was pretty good. It’s been a long time since I have read the book
It was different than anything I had read before.
A great book for horror lovers
I’ve never seen the movie, and I like to read the books first. I was expecting more from the ending. It just kind of stopped…
Not what you are expecting.
I read this book many years ago and it gave me the creeps! Good story.
A classic horror story that should be read by everyone who considers themselves a horror fan. Well written with great atmosphere and some unexpected twists.
Excellent book, but beware…once you read this you must finish it up with “Son of Rosemary.”
The story was creepy, makes you wonder about the old people living next door to you, they might be just like your grandparents or maybe they’re not…