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“This is no dream! This is really happening!”: Rosemary’s Baby’s Horrific Reflections of Female Subjectivity in 1968 and Present-Day America

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Rosemary, a light-skinned young woman with short blonde hair, cradles her knees bending forward while sitting on a stool in front of a television that shows a burlesque dance sequence. The TV glows blue, and the room she is in is draped in beige-patterned curtains, framing tall windows that show heavy rain outside.

|Jillian Nelson| When Rosemary’s Baby released in 1968, conflicts over women’s rights raged on as second-wave feminists battled governmental restrictions that seeped into interpersonal relations. Birth control pills had only just been made legal. New York had recently… Continue reading

Rosemary’s Baby: The Anatomy of a Satanic Impregnation Scene

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A close up of Rosemary lying on her back, looking at the ceiling, unclothed in the chamber.

|Sophie Durbin| take so much pleasure in every rewatch of Rosemary’s Baby that it often feels more like I’m visiting old friends, not watching one of the scariest films of the twentieth century. I love the pink font used in the title sequence, the New York Christmas scenes, the way… Continue reading