A mostly-solid film that captures the anxieties of the current moment.

| Oct 2, 2024

... A diverting appendix to an indisputable classic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 1, 2024

What ensues is the exact same thing that happened to Mia Farrow’s wife, except minus the creepy surprise and, thus, any reason to pay attention.

| Sep 27, 2024

It’s passably spooky, sure. But all interesting prequels have something in common: They shed new light on their predecessors that expands, illuminates or complicates them in some way. “Apartment 7A” feels like a predictable retread.

| Sep 27, 2024

Apartment 7A isn’t called “Son of Rosemary’s Baby.” Its Broadway-musical backstory doesn’t set one up at all for what is to come. And it is a highly stylish effort at recycling. Or pre-cycling.

| Sep 26, 2024

Musings on motherhood, performance, and power are never fully articulated, leaving a flurry of concepts up in the air without resolve.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 26, 2024

Apartment 7A is a paint-by-numbers rewind that pushes no envelope and exemplifies a particularly deflating case of prequelitus.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 26, 2024

Natalie Erika James’s 1965-set preshow to the Mia Farrow main event is effective, even chilling as a new chew toy for the oh-so seemingly nice devil-worshiping neighbors enters the lair of a New York apartment building.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 25, 2024

Although the film’s themes and horror are rote, creative choreography and strong performances from the core cast make it an entertaining watch.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 25, 2024

It’s admittedly close to impossible to make a film that would in any way compare to something as beloved and indelible as Rosemary’s Baby but then why even bother in the first place?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 25, 2024

James’ film is particularly compelling in post-Roe America, when recent headlines about punitive laws barring abortion access have lent it an urgent political valence, so it’s a shame that its energy doesn’t always match its relevance.

| Sep 24, 2024

“Apartment 7A,” directed by Natalie Erika James, essentially substitutes Rosemary with Terry and operates as almost a beat-by-beat remake.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 23, 2024

It doesn’t blow open or reinvent the Rosemary’s Baby mythology, but it’s a decent primer to attract younger audiences back to the 1968 classic film.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 23, 2024

It hits every expected plot beat with rote efficiency, seamlessly matching Rosemary’s Baby. With a lack of scares or any new narrative revelations, Apartment 7A brings nothing new for audiences to grab hold of.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 23, 2024

The film’s potential never crystallizes outside of one 10-minute stretch that, unfortunately, is immediately followed by the credits.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 20, 2024