Warning! Contains major spoilers for Apartment 7A.
This article contains mentions of self-harm, violence and murder.
Making subtle references to The rosemary baby and revealing several details about the past of the film’s characters, Apartment 7A it effectively adds more depth to the story of its parent film. With its initial arc unfolding just a few months before The rosemary baby, Apartment 7A It gradually catches up with the main film’s narrative and features several story intersections. Through these connections of history with The rosemary baby, Apartment 7A Not only does it expand on the themes and character beats of the original film, but it also enriches the viewer’s understanding of the 1968 film.
From a critical point of view, Apartment 7AReception has been much more mixed than that of the main film. However, it still deserves some credit for adding more weight to the original film’s story while developing its own independent narrative. Since many plot threads of Apartment 7A play a crucial role in revealing what happened before The rosemary babyIn the timeline, it’s worth examining how it allows viewers to see the 1968 film with fresh eyes.
8 The cult targeted another woman before Terry
Her name was Juana
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In Apartment 7AIn the opening arc, the Castevets invite Terry to stay in one of the houses in the Bramford building. Since the couple seem friendly, Terry assumes that they are just being nice to her and believes them when they claim that they helped the house’s previous tenant to her feet. After moving into her new home in the building, Terry finds a shoe with the name “Joan” on it. When she asks Minnie about it, she reveals that Joan was the house’s previous tenant who suddenly decided to flee the building one night.
…Joan was the coven’s previous target and had likely tried to escape after learning what they were trying to do to her.
Although it seems strange that Joan left so abruptly, Terry is grateful to have a roof over her head. However, much later in the film, when he finally becomes increasingly suspicious of the building’s residents, he sets out to track down Joan. Her search for answers eventually leads her to a nun at a nearby church who reveals that Joan was hit by a bus as soon as she left the building, and passersby claimed that someone was chasing her. This confirms that Joan was the coven’s previous target and had likely tried to escape after learning what they were trying to do to her.
7 Lily Gardenia’s Death Was Related To Terry
The reason behind Lily’s death was unclear in Rosemary’s baby
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When Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse move into their new home in The rosemary babyTheir agent informs them that their previous tenant, Lily Gardenia, died a few days ago. Guy and Rosemary ask if he died inside the house, but the agent assures them that he died in a hospital bed. The rosemary baby never goes into the details of what happened to Lily Gardener, but Apartment 7A provides some solid answers.
Rosemary’s Baby Ending Related, Explained
The haunting final scene of the 1968 horror classic Rosemary’s Baby confirms the main character’s fears and solidifies the film’s current themes.
The prequel film reveals that Lily was also part of the coven. However, he eventually realized that he could not support his sinister plan to bring the Antichrist to rule the world. Therefore, in a desperate attempt to stop the coven, he attempted to kill Terry before she could give birth to her demonic child. However, before she could kill Terry, someone from the cult murdered her.
6 Terry was a struggling dancer
The Castevets manipulated her by promising her material success
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Apartment 7AThe opening arc portrays Terry as an accomplished dancer whose career takes a nosedive when she breaks her ankle. After struggling to find new job opportunities in her field, Terry becomes addicted to painkillers and even fears that her best friend will eventually stop supporting her by not allowing her to stay at her house. Because of this, when the Castevets offer him a place to stay and even claim to know some influential figures in their field, Terry instantly falls prey to their plans.
5 Alan Marchand was also a resident of the Bramford building
He likely played a crucial role in recruiting Terry as the cult’s new target.
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Alan Marchand is not part of The rosemary babythe list, but Apartment 7A introduces him as a new character, who also lives in the franchise’s central Renaissance Revival apartment building. Marchand promises to help her get better opportunities as a dancer and draws Terry into the cult’s plan. Although Terry kills him before he can witness the plan come to fruition, his character serves as an intriguing catalyst for the film’s main narrative. Jim Sturgess also does a satisfying job portraying Alan Marchand as one of the series’ main villains. The rosemary baby prequel movie.
4 The Castevets Had Their Eyes On Rosemary Before Terry’s Death
The Apartment 7A mid-credits scene confirms that the Castevets were always one step ahead of Rosemary
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Apartment 7A It also features an intriguing mid-credits scene. The scene recreates the moment of The rosemary babywhere Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse talk to the police officers and Rosemary tells them what she knows about Terry. However, instead of developing this scene from Rosemary’s perspective as in the original film, the prequel presents it through the eyes of the Castevets. It highlights how the Castevets see Rosemary from a distance and share a smile before walking towards the crime scene.
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Apartment 7A Key Data Breakdown |
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Directed by |
Natalie Erika James |
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Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score |
39% |
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History by |
James Skyler |
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Execution time |
104 minutes |
Their shared smile highlights how Rosemary was always his backup plan. They knew that if things didn’t work out with Terry, they could always target Rosemary and use her as a vessel to bring the Antichrist into their world. With this assurance, the two walk to the crime scene and pretend to know nothing about Terry’s death. They even take the opportunity to introduce themselves to Rosemary and Guy before secretly involving them in the coven’s plan.
3 Terry’s Death Paved The Way For Rosemary’s Baby Events
Rosemary wouldn’t have been the target if it weren’t for Terry’s death.
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Apartment 7AThe ending highlights that the Castevets and the other cult members had almost convinced Terry to help them bring the Antichrist to the world. However, Terry ultimately decided to walk the morally righteous path instead of bringing darkness to the human world. If Terry had conformed, the cult members would never have thought of attacking Rosemary. As a result, Rosemary’s babyThe events would not have happened at all.
2 Terry’s reason for keeping the baby was different than Rosemary’s
Rosemary wanted to embrace motherhood while Terry wanted something more.
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While Rosemary is initially thrilled to be a mother, Terry worries about the future of her dancing career when she learns of her pregnancy. Because of this, the Castevets do not initially have to convince Rosemary to keep their son, but they do have to come up with a plan to encourage Terry to do the same. Realizing that she hopes to find herself in the spotlight one day, the Castevets promise her that if she goes through with her pregnancy and eventually allows them to care for her child, they will help her rise through the ranks as a dancer.
Although Mia Farrow was a vegetarian for
The rosemary baby
he ate raw liver to accurately portray his character.
Not realizing what he’s getting into, Terry agrees to keep the boy and in turn sells his soul to the devil. Fortunately, for her she is not as attached to her son as Rosemary in the parenting movie. Therefore, when she discovers the true evil nature of the child she has, she makes a drastic decision to put an end to the coven’s plan for good.
1 Aborting her pregnancy was never an option for Rosemary
Terry tries to have an abortion in the prequel but fails
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When Terry finally discovers the truth about her pregnancy and the cult’s plan, she sets out to have an abortion. However, he soon discovers that he cannot achieve this when an invisible, evil force kills the woman who is trying to abort her child. Later in the film, she even tries to stab herself to terminate her pregnancy. However, the same invisible force prevents him from doing so. These moments in Apartment 7A establish that even if Rosemary wanted to abort in The rosemary babyShe wouldn’t have been able to.
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The rosemary baby
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby tells the chilling story of Rosemary Woodhouse, the wife of an actor who, after discovering that she is pregnant, begins to suspect that her unborn child is something much more sinister than a normal baby. . John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer and Maurice Evans also star.
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Apartment 7A
In this psychological thriller, a young woman is forced to join a mysterious cult after moving into a seemingly normal apartment complex. As strange events occur there, she begins to question her sanity and the motives of her enigmatic neighbors.
