Rosemary's Baby (film) Rosemary's Baby (film) Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on "Rosemary's Baby" by Ira Levin. The cast features Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Angela Dorian, Clay Tanner, and, in his feature film debut, Charles Grodin. The film chronicles the story of a pregnant woman who suspects that an evil cult wants to take her baby for use in their rituals. "Rosemary's Baby" deals with themes related to paranoia, women's liberation, Christianity (Catholicism), and the occult. The film earned almost universal acclaim from film
The Baby (film) does not want to rescue or rehabilitate Baby. She sought Baby out so he can be a playmate for her husband, who was left with the mental capacity of an infant after his accident, becoming Baby's new (though kinder) jailor. Scotia International released the film in March 1973 in a limited theatrical release. Image Entertainment published the film in the year 2000 on DVD and VHS. "The Baby" was released on Blu-ray and DVD with a new transfer from the original negative by Severin Films in 2011. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on