Okay, in the movie they never showed you what Rosemary’s baby looked like. However, I’m pretty sure–but not positive–that author Ira Levin described the little tyke in the book. I know his eyes are like those of a feline from Son of Rosemary, which I’m currently reading, but I don’t know much else about the original condition of Satan’s Little Bundle of Joy. So what else was there? Horns? Tail? Fangs? I vaguely remember something about claws, but I’m not sure . . .
As my copy of Rosemary’s Baby has gone missing, your help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
It’s been years, but as I recall the “kindly couple next door” (who were actually part of the Satan-worshiping cabal) described the child as having “cute little horns.” That’s the only deformity I remember, but then my memory sucks.
The coven had put little booties on His hands so He wouldn’t scratch himself with His claws.
Aside from that, and “He has His FATHER’S eyes!” Levin kept it pretty nebulous, as I recall.
[sub]…did I really cap those aitches? Oh, what a giveaway.[/sub]
“tiny chin, small and rosy-faced … orange-red hair, a surprising amount of it … his eyes were golden-yellow, with neither whites nor irises … vertical black-slit pupils”.
Odd feet and hands (“He has claws, but they’re very tiny and pearly”).
Tail and horn buds present, but not described (“Go look at His hands,” Minnie said. “And His feet.” “And His tail,” Laura-Louise said. “And the buds of His horns,” Minnie said).
Rosemary’s baby has gone through some changes over the last thirty years. Your comments have given me a better understanding of exactly what those changes were.
FWIW, the little guy now resembles many people’s image of Jesus Christ. At least most of the time.
I finally got to see the end of that movie around halloween, and it really annoyed me that they didn’t even show the baby. The book ends with a description of the brat, so I figured they’d show him.
Love the movie, haven’t read the book in 15 years.
Best scene in the movie, IMHO, is when Laura-Louise give over the rocking of the cradle to Rosemary. Rosie passes L-L, who…sticks her tongue out at her.
