Halloween Countdown Film #19... Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary Woodhouse: Tannis anyone?

 

Rosemary's Baby 

~Ira Levin 

 

A few years back, hubby and I went to see this movie at the Orinda theater. The audience was packed with hipsters and their parents, and it was a fun crowd to watch. As the movie progressed the young ones reacted like they had never seen this terrific horror movie before. By the groans, it was clear, they hated Rosemary's husband. And who wouldn't? He, in my opinion, was one of the top ten movie jerks of all time! When the movie was over, there was a great audience interaction with the owners of the theater. As it turns out, 80% of the hipsters had not seen the before! Adding to the fun, Cupcakes were donated by a little bakery shop around the corner. The cupcakes were arranged in the shape of the baby Rosemary's baby carriage and I won the right front wheel, for answering a question about the author of the book, Ira Levin.

 

Question: What other book of Ira Levin's

 was made into a horror movie, released in 1975?

 

Easy!

 

Answer:  The Stepford Wives!

 

The rest is history. So, if you have never seen Rosemary's Baby, I am not going to spoil it for you, but please watch it. Truly, it's one of the best horror movies ever! 

 

 

Rosemary's Baby Carriage

"The Shortest Horror Story...

The Last Man On Earth Sat Alone In A Room. There Was A Knock At The Door."

~Frederic Brown

Rosemary's Baby, By Ira Levin

Directed By Roman Polanski

Alan and I went on a date last night. There was a free showing of the 1968 classic, Rosemary's Baby.

I have seen this movie about 30 times, and Alan has seen it with me about 20 of those 30 times, and yet there is something about seeing it in an old fashioned theater, with old fashioned seats, and art deco designed molding and wall features, that makes it seem like one is seeing it for the first time!

 I got chills... I really did!

The lovely old Orinda theater has free movie night the second Thursday of each month. Next month, November 13th, the theater will be featuring "To Catch A Thief" by Alfred Hitchcock. I am not sure if we will be able to make it, but I know we are going to try to. And hey, if we do, we might do as well at their trivia game as we did tonight. We won two free cupcakes, for correctly answering the question... "What was the name of the name of the popular 1970's horror movie, adapted from another book by Ira Levin?" The Stepford Wives, of course! Yum... the cupcakes were delicious, if maybe a little sinister! Well, because, you see, they we the two cupcakes, of the twelve offered, that made up the wheels of

 Rosemary's baby carriage!

Ooooooh... CREEPY!

Leaf Of The Day...

 

:)

Mood: Happy


~Me :)