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[[File:Rosemarys baby.jpg|350px|thumb|Poster for ''Rosemary's Baby'']] | [[File:Rosemarys baby.jpg|350px|thumb|Poster for ''Rosemary's Baby'']] | ||
'''''Rosemary's Baby''''' is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. The film stars Mia Farrow as a newlywed living in Manhattan who becomes pregnant, but soon begins to suspect that her neighbors are members of a [[Satan]]ic cult who are grooming her in order to use her baby for their [[ritual magic|rituals]]. The film's supporting cast includes John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Angela Dorian, and Charles Grodin in his feature film debut. | '''''Rosemary's Baby''''' is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. The film stars Mia Farrow as a newlywed living in Manhattan who becomes pregnant, but soon begins to suspect that her neighbors are members of a [[Satan]]ic [[cult]] who are grooming her in order to use her baby for their [[ritual magic|rituals]]. The film's supporting cast includes John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly, Angela Dorian, and Charles Grodin in his feature film debut. | ||
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The film inaugurated cinema's growing fascination with [[demon]]s and [[occult]] themes in the coming decades, and the novel's author Ira Levin wondered in a 2003 afterword whether his idea for ''Rosemary's Baby'' ultimately led to an increase in religious fundamentalism. | The film inaugurated cinema's growing fascination with [[demon]]s and [[occult]] themes in the coming decades, and the novel's author Ira Levin wondered in a 2003 afterword whether his idea for ''Rosemary's Baby'' ultimately led to an increase in religious fundamentalism. | ||
Another film in the "apartment horror" sub-genre, the made-for-television movie ''[[Nightmare on the 13th Floor]]'' (1990), has been unfavorably compared to ''Rosemary's Baby''. | |||
===Sequels=== | ===Sequels=== | ||