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
Rosemary's Baby (film) of Satan", "Mark of the Devil", "Black Noon", and "The Blood on Satan's Claw". The scene in which Rosemary is raped by Satan was ranked #23 on Bravo's "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments". Thirty years after he wrote "Rosemary's Baby", Ira Levin wrote "Son of Rosemary", a sequel which he dedicated to the film's star, Mia Farrow. Reaction to the book was mixed, but it made the best seller lists nationwide. The American hardcore band Rosemary's Babies (formed in 1980) was named after the movie. R&B artist SZA included audio clips from the film on her 2013 EP "S" in