Sydney Sweeney’s religious horror movieImmaculateis very similar toRosemary’s Baby— but it crosses the one line thatRosemary’s Babyrefused to cross.Immaculate, much likeRosemary’s Baby, revolves around an unfortunate young woman being targeted by a Satanic cult and impregnated with the Antichrist. WhereasRosemary’s Babyrevolves around an unsuspecting tenant living in a creepy old New York apartment building harboring some very dark secrets,Immaculaterevolves around a young nunstaying at a beautiful Italian convent harboring some very dark secrets.
Both Sweeney’s Sister Cecilia and Mia Farrow’s Rosemary Woodhouse come to suspect that their unborn child is something unholy that Devil worshipers want to get their hands on. BothRosemary’s BabyandImmaculatebuild to a thrilling climactic sequence in which the cult comes for the protagonist’s baby and she desperately tries to fend them off. Butthe ending ofRosemary’s Babystopped short of crossing one truly horrifying line, andImmaculategoes beyond that line for a deeply unsettling final scene.
Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate Has The Ending Rosemary’s Baby Shied Away From
Rosemary Couldn’t Go Through With Killing Her Baby
In the final scene ofRosemary’s Baby, Rosemary finds the hidden passageway that allowed the cult to get into her apartment and take her baby. She’s horrified to find the cultists having a party to celebrate the birth of their savior, the Antichrist. She approaches the crib and sees that her offspring is an ungodly demonic monstrosity with Satan’s eyes. As she stands over the crib with a knife,Rosemary contemplates killing her baby, but she ultimately can’t bring herself to do it.
Immaculate’s Ending Is Even More Horrifying Thanks To 1 Shocking BTS Detail
Sound designers are the unsung heroes of cinema. In the case of Immaculate, one key sound effect elevates and provides context for the ending.
The ending ofImmaculategoes one step further andhas Sister Cecilia actually kill her unholy baby. After escaping from the convent, Cecilia looks down at her baby, disgusted by his animalistic gurgling sounds. After some hesitation,she picks up a big rock and does what Rosemary couldn’t do — she beats her Satanic offspring to death.Rosemary’s Babyis a really terrifying movie that crosses just about every line imaginable (the impregnation scene alone is enough to give anyone nightmares), but that’s one line it would not cross.
Immaculate’s Ending Elevates A Decent Horror Movie To A Great One
A Great Ending Goes A Long Way Towards Making A Great Movie
For the most part,Immaculateis a pretty mediocre horror movie. Its Antichrist pregnancy storyline isn’t very original (andRosemary’s Babyknockoffs are a dime a dozen these days) andit relies too much on gratuitous bone-breaking gore and cheap violin-screech jump scaresto be a true masterpiece of the genre. Buta great ending goes a long waytowards making a great movie. The ending ofImmaculateis so shocking and so unexpected that it elevates a decent horror film to a pretty great one.
Immaculate
Cast
Immaculate is a 2024 horror film directed by Michael Mohan and stars Sydney Sweeney. When a devout woman named Cecilia is offered a position at a prestigious convent in Italy, she takes it with little hesitation. However, Cecilia’s world is turned upside down when she discovers the terrible secrets hidden within her new place of faith.
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.
