Rosemary’s Baby

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This post contains spoilers for Apartment 7A.

While she struggles to land her next dancing gig, her obsession with material success drives her.

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This obsession eventually convinces her to figuratively speaking make a deal with the devil, leading to terrifying consequences.

However, Terry’s story takes a different turn halfway throughApartment 7A.

The primary reason behind its underwhelming critical reception is thatit seems too similar to its parent film.

Natalie Portman as Nina in Black Swan and Julia Garner as Terry in Apartment 7A

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Unfortunately, it strays from delving deeper into its most interesting story beat.

However, it plays it safe by following the framework set byRosemary’s Baby.

As strange events occur there, she begins to question her sanity and the motives of her enigmatic neighbors.

Natalie Portman in Black Swan

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John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, and Maurice Evans also star.

Julia Garner as Terry in Apartment 7A

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Apartment 7A 2024 Film Updated Poster

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.

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In Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan, talented ballet dancer Nina Sayers struggles with her mental health while preparing for her performance in a production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Natalie Portman earned a Best Actress Oscar in the lead role, and the cast made up of Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder received high praise from critics and audiences.

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Rosemary’s Baby

Natalie Portman