Apartment 7A

Matt Roush says...

Before Rosemary bore her infamous baby while living at the Bramford, an earlier tenant had her own experience with satanic terror. That’s the story of Apartment 7A, a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin’s classic novel and Roman Polanski’s brilliant 1968 film. This version can’t help but suffer by comparison, though Emmy winner Julia Garner (Ozark) gives it her all as wannabe Broadway dancer Terry Gionoffrio, who after a mishap is given shelter—and an enviable apartment—by elderly couple Minnie and Roman Castavet (Dianne Wiest reprising Ruth Gordon’s Emmy-winning role alongside Kevin McNally). There are strings attached, naturally—or should we say, supernaturally. You’ll see every twist coming, especially if you know the source material, but it may inspire you to put Polanski’s movie high on your rewatch list for the Halloween season.

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