Maybe its because I'm hard to scare, but "Rosemary's Baby" didn't work well for me. I thought the urban paranoia was interesting and sometimes effective, but because I knew the Satanists' entire plan of action within the first five minutes of the movie, the suspense was spoiled (I won't kill the final discoveries for you. That wouldn't be fair. Just know that if you're experienced in these sorts of stories you'll have figured it out _way_ before Mia Farrow does).
Movies like these depend on holding one crucial piece of information out of reach so that you'll figure it out at exactly the same time the character does. If you get it too early, you spend too much time saying, "No, dummy, it's over there!", which makes me feel more frustrated than scared.
So, while it wasn't a bad movie and kept my interest (and Ruth Goldman was amusingly dotty as the neighbor) it didn't scare me.
Movies like these depend on holding one crucial piece of information out of reach so that you'll figure it out at exactly the same time the character does. If you get it too early, you spend too much time saying, "No, dummy, it's over there!", which makes me feel more frustrated than scared.
So, while it wasn't a bad movie and kept my interest (and Ruth Goldman was amusingly dotty as the neighbor) it didn't scare me.