Warning! This post contains spoilers for Apartment 7A.
AlthoughApartment 7Aadds some depth toRosemary’s Baby’s existing lore, it surprisingly cuts one crucial scene from the original film. Set only a few months beforeRosemary’s Baby’s ending,Apartment 7Aborrows many story ideas and thematic elements from its parent film. Since it unfolds in the same setting as its predecessor, it also marks thereturn of many ofRosemary’s Baby’s characters. However, despite presenting itself as a direct extension of the original movie’s world,Apartment 7Aunintentionally retcons the parent film’s story in more ways than one.
Apartment 7Aoffers new insights into the fates of several characters from the original film. For instance, it not only discloses all the events that led toTerry’s death inRosemary’s Babybut also reveals what happened to Lily Gardenia. While it is hard not to appreciate how it adds more emotional depth to the original movie’s story, its narrative inconsistencies with the 1968 film are disappointing.
Terry & Rosemary’s Original Movie Scene Doesn’t Fit With The Prequel’s New Twists
Apartment 7A’s Story Developments Retcon Rosemary’s Baby’s Key Moments
When Terry meets Rosemary inRosemary’s Babyfor the first time, Terry sings praises to Rosemary about how the Castevets helped her stand on her feet. The two later meet again in the central apartment building’s basement laundry, where Terry continues to talk about how much she appreciates the Castevets' help. Terry’s admiration for the Castevets eventually plays a crucial role in convincing Rosemary that they are good people. Owing to this, she trusts Minnie when she asks her to visit Dr. Sapirstein and does not think twice before drinking and eating everything she offers.
Apartment 7A Soundtrack Guide: Every Song & When They Play In The Rosemary’s Baby Prequel Movie
While walking through the backstory of a familiar Rosemary’s Baby character, Apartment 7A also features a diverse set of songs as background scores.
Strangely, according toApartment 7A’s timeline,Terry grows increasingly suspicious about the Castevets' motives and starts figuring out what they want from her by the time Rosemary and Guy move to the building. Owing to this, it makes no sense that she only has good things to say about the cult leaders whenever she meets Rosemary. This narrative inconsistency inApartment 7Ahighlights that the prequel movie completely ignores Rosemary and Terry’s conversations from the original film.
Apartment 7A’s Missing Rosemary & Terry Scene Hurts The Prequel’s Ending
The Prequel’s Ending Seems Inconsistent With Rosemary’s Baby’s Story
Apartment 7Afeatures a mid-credits scene in which Guy and Rosemary talk to police officers. This scene is based on a moment fromRosemary’s Baby, where Rosemary tells police officers everything she knows about Terry. Her knowledge of Terry’s past and relationships is based on their interactions in the laundry room.
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However, sinceApartment 7Acompletely ignores Terry and Rosemary’s laundry room meetings by not explaining why Terry would praise the Castevets, it seems strange that it features the Guy and Rosemary cameo in its closing moments. The cameos would have made more senseif the movie had taken the time to establish the depth of Rosemary and Terry’s relationship and revealed at least a small section of their previous interactions. Unfortunately, despite featuring some incredible performances,Apartment 7Ais weighed down by many similar plot holes that retconRosemary’s Baby’s story.
Rosemary’s Baby
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby chronicles the chilling tale of Rosemary Woodhouse, the wife of an actor who, after finding out she is pregnant, begins to suspect that her unborn child is something far more sinister than a normal baby. John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, and Maurice Evans also star.
Apartment 7A
In this psychological thriller, a young woman is forced into a mysterious cult after moving into a seemingly ordinary apartment complex. As strange events occur there, she begins to question her sanity and the motives of her enigmatic neighbors.
