Rosemary is lonely, lonely and hopeless. When she was arguing with her husband at home, when she was walking down the streets of New York with her belly out, when she was taken back to a horrific residential building by someone she knew. She is the only one left, and she is the only one left to earn her life for the child in her womb.
This loneliness is gradual. The footage of the film was initially centered on the couple, but at some point it was shot from the point of view of Rosemary alone, implying that her husband's love and attention gradually shifted from her to other places.
Then, her husband's indifference, the doctor's strange prescription, and Hatch's death step by step pushed her into a situation of helplessness, making the fog shrouded in the truth even deeper and more terrifying. "Rosemary's Baby" is a classic psychological horror film, its horror stems from this deepening loneliness, confusion and helplessness, as well as this nightmarish reality.
In films, it is often the ticking of the clock that takes us into the dream. Rosemary's unintentional nightmare after eating a chocolate dessert is one of the most important and terrifying. She lay almost unconscious in bed, being slaughtered by her husband and a gang of cultists, perhaps this can be seen as the epitome and suggestion of her loneliness throughout the film. When the cultists announced at the end of the film, "This is Satan's child!", the truth of the fantasy surfaced. The conspiracy had begun a long time ago. The truth was even more cruel than Rosemary thought. Even her child left her. She was pushed into a dark abyss.
The end of the film shows Polanski's talent once again, with Rosemary instead of stabbing everyone, rocking gently by the crib, lovingly singing a quiet, sad lullaby. The greatness of motherly love dilutes the blackness of the display. God is dead? The director threw this question. Maybe God is dead for the husband who only thinks about the Hollywood lights. Some people may think that Rosemary turned to the devil, but I think Rosemary's love gave God a chance.
The devil's son stared at the world with pupilless eyes, and the houses in New York were steamed desperately pale by the dim sunlight. Because of the director's devil complex and the cruelty shown, Rosemary is destined to be alone and alone. The road ahead is empty and terrifying like a baby's eyes.
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