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
The Cats (1968 film) The Cats (1968 film) The Cats () is a 1968 crime film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Rita Hayworth. The film was originally worked on under the title of "The Cats". The credits of the film state that the film is an Italian, French and West German co-production. Actor Dan van Husen stated that the film is actually an Italian-Spanish co-production with the working title being "Los Gatos". The film was predominantly shot in Spain, with opening sequences shot in the United States. "The Cats" was released in Italy as "I bastardi" in 30 October 1968 where it was