Warning! This post contains spoilers for Apartment 7A.
This post contains references to self-harm.
Almost 56 years later Rosemary’s babys liberation, its ending became all the more disturbing and deeply unsettling. Roman Polanski Rosemary’s baby Has a negative but well-rounded ending that shows how, despite being afraid of how her child is the anti-Christ, Rosemary accepts to be his mother. Although the movie does not develop in the details of how she feels and why she takes the role, it is difficult not to believe that her maternal instincts kicked in even though she knew what the cult intended to achieve with the birth of the Anti-Christ.
In the original novel by Ira Levin, a part of Rosemary also believes that even though her child is the son of Satan, she can nurture him to become a force for good. Rosemary’s hope is sad because it highlights how she is fighting a losing battle. It underscores how helpless she is torn between her innate desire to look after her child and the terrible truth about his origins. This makes Rosemary’s babyIt’s ending is incredibly disturbing. However, over five decades after the movie’s release, its ending has become even more horrifying.
Apartment 7A shows that Rosemary was much more helpless than she seemed
The prequel shows what would have happened if she had tried to get an abortion
Rosemary never stops getting an abortion Rosemary’s baby Because she doesn’t understand the ultimate goal of the cult plan until the last moments of the movie. However, in Rosemary’s babythe introduction, Apartment 7 aTerry continues to get an abortion after learning the truth about the cult. She visits a local woman to continue with the medical procedure. Unfortunately, to her shock, as soon as the woman approaches her, her body begins to twist and turn, as if an invisible force is pulling her. The woman then falls to the ground before Terry flees the scene with her friend.
The prequel provides that Rosemary is helplessly bound to her harrowing situation and has no choice but to accept her child in Rosemary’s babys endless moments.
in Apartment 7 aIn the final arc, Terry also threatens the cast members by pointing a knife at her stomach. However, this time around, the invisible demonic force takes over her and prevents him from harming himself and the Anti-Christ. The moments in Apartment 7 a Highlight that Rosemary never had a choice. Even if she knew she was giving birth to the Anti-Christ, she would have been powerless to change her fate. The prequel provides that Rosemary is helplessly bound to her harrowing situation and has no choice but to accept her child in Rosemary’s babys endless moments.
Why the ending of Rosemary’s Baby is better than Apartment 7A
It is less predictable
Rosemary’s baby Reveals Terry’s fate in his opening arc. Due to this, viewers familiar with the original 1968 movie already know what will happen to Terry in Apartment 7 aIt’s the end. When it comes to Rosemary and her baby’s fate in the parent film, however, it’s hard not to wonder what the future holds for them since the film effectively instills a sense of paranoia and confusion in the viewer. Even still Rosemary’s babyAs the credits begin to roll, it’s hard not to wonder what the future holds for Rosemary and her child as the movie hits on an ambiguous note.
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The same cannot be said Apartment 7 a Because the viewers already know what the cast members will do after Terry’s death. Apartment 7 aThe mid-credits scene also establishes this by depicting how the cast members set their sights on Rosemary after Terry’s death. While Apartment 7 a is still a fairly satisfactory extension of Rosemary’s babys universe, it comes nowhere close to being as iconic and memorable as the 1968 film.