Struggling actor Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) and his wife Rosemary (Mia Farrow) move into a new apartment in New York where they befriend the neighbors, an eccentric older couple, the Castevets. Unbeknownst to Rosemary, this couple worships Satan and has struck a deal with Guy to have his career take off in exchange for having Rosemary give birth to the devil's child. Fair trade.
On the night Rosemary planned on conceiving her first child with Guy, her food is drugged and she passes out. While unconscious, the Castevets and their other devil-worshipping friends perform a ritual to summon Satan and allow him to plant his demon seed in Rosemary, which she faintly remembers. Luckily, Guy covers the story up.
Rosemary: Dear, while I was passed out, I had the strangest dream where I was raped by a demon.
Guy: Oh, don't worry, honey. That was just me.
That's just silly to think a demon raped you, Rosemary! It was just your husband, silly! He had sex with you while you were unconscious. But hey, good news! You're pregnant!
Rosemary eventually realizes that it was, in fact, a demon that raped her. And not just any demon, but Satan himself. She briefly considers getting an abortion, but growing up Catholic she is strongly against it. Way to stick to your beliefs, Rosemary.
Now that she's raising the child (he is her son after all), she's beginning to regret that decision. Not because he's the son of Satan, though – he's really no different than any other kid – but because raising kids is just so hard. You gotta do everything for them. Ugh.
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