Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), move to a New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and odd neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet (Sidney Blackmer, Ruth Gordon). Guy’s career suddenly blossoms and Rosemary finds herself pregnant. But something is not right. Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated and questions the origins of her pregnancy. She soon learns the diabolical truth.
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) is a landmark in the canon of horror film history, specifically the sub-genre of satanic/witchcraft films. It may very well be the perfect storm of horror movies, featuring a controversial subject, a talented (but soon-to-be) controversial director, and having been released in a very turbulent time (the summer of love, Viet Nam, the Manson murders, etc.) Join us as we discuss the film’s continuing popularity and speculate on the reasons. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys sublets an apartment in the iconic Dakota building, where suicides and death are commonplace, and where that baby you hear crying down the hall may be something far more sinister than it sounds.
SHOW LINKS AND AFFILIATE LINKS
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- Original trailer
- Roman Polanski
- Repulsion (1965)
- The Tenant (1976)
- Ira Levin
- Rosemary’s Baby (novel)
- The Stepford Wives (novel)
- The Boys from Brazil (novel)
- William Castle
- The House on Haunted Hill (1959)
- The Tingler (1959)
- Mia Farrow
- Ruth Gordon
- Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (TV movie)
- Deep Red (1975)
- The Fantasticks (2000)
- Alien (1979)
- The Brood (1979)
- The Fly (1986)
- It’s Alive (1974)
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- Young Goodman Brown (Hawthorne)
- The Great God Pan (Machen)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Omen (1976)
- The Omen (2006)
- Son of Rosemary (novel)
- Hereditary (2018)
- 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- The Old Dark House (1932)
- Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
- The Color Out of Space (2005)
- Dune (2021) trailer
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