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'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