Horror film the Screw". A few years later, Roman Polanski wrote and directed "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), based on the bestselling horror novel by Ira Levin. The highly influential film tells the story of a pregnant woman who suspects that an evil cult wants to take her baby for use in their rituals. Meanwhile, ghosts were a dominant theme in Japanese horror, in such films as "Kwaidan", "Onibaba" (both 1964) and "Kuroneko" (1968). Another influential American horror film of the 60s was George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). Produced and directed by Romero on a budget of $114,000, it grossed
Rosemary Riddell 2006 she was appointed a Family Court judge, sitting in Hamilton. Riddell has also served as a Council member of the Otago District Law Society, and President of the Otago Women Lawyers Society. Riddell began acting at the Downstage Theatre in Wellington in the 1970s. In 2007, her short film "Cake Tin" won the Sandcastle Award at the 2007 Moondance Film Festival. In 2009, Riddell directed a feature film "The Insatiable Moon," based on a novel by her husband Mike Riddell. She is also Deputy Chair of the Fortune Theatre Board. Rosemary Riddell Rosemary Riddell is an actor, film director