Tag: Rosemary’s Baby
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The Most Satanic Film of All Time Preys on Our Deepest Fears
While it’s hard to pin down a singular “golden period” in the history of Hollywood cinema, the 1970s were certainly responsible for many of the classic horror films often cited as being influential today. The rise of the “New Hollywood” era allowed a younger generation of filmmakers, international auteurs, and maverick independent directors reach a…
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How To Watch American Horror Story Season 12
Just in time for Halloween, the long-running horror series “American Horror Story” from creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk is back for yet another season of pulpy pop terror. Over the show’s entire run, which began in October of 2011, it’s always been fun for fans to try and guess the theme of each season and…
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Cool Stuff: Paramount Scares Vol. 1 Box Set Brings Smile, Rosemary’s Baby, Pet Sematary & More To 4K
Now that it’s officially September, we can start looking forward to Halloween season. It’s not as if September offers anything fun after Labor Day provides a day off, so we might as well get in the spooky spirit. Paramount Pictures certainly isn’t wasting time celebrating terror, because they’ve just announced their new Paramount Scares Vol.…
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Cinespia Extends Screenings Through October With ‘Halloween,’ ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and Other Horror Flicks (Exclusive)
Cinespia is extending its 22nd annual screening run for a haunted series of films this October. In addition, Cinespia will be coming to LA’s Orpheum Theatre for the first time ever this Halloween.Among the films screening will be “Halloween” (1978) starring Jamie Lee Curtis, 2002’s cursed videotape film “The Ring,” the fifth installment of the…
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‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Gets Haunting 4K Blu-ray Release
2023 has been another great year for horror on physical media. There have been a ton of genre classics like People Under the Stairs and the Chucky sequels that have made the terrifying jump to 4K. Later this year other genre staples like The Exorcist and My Bloody Valentine will be screaming onto the format…
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The Most Horrifying Movie About Motherhood Isn’t ‘Hereditary,’ It’s This
The horror of motherhood has been a prominent theme in horror films for years, dating back to movies like The Bad Seed, and Rosemary’s Baby in the ’50s and ’60s, and kept up by films like The Babadook, Titane, and most notably, Hereditary. Yet, the film to really capture that feeling of overwhelming anxiety and…
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10 Best ‘New Hollywood’ Movies, According to IMDb
New Hollywood was a movement in American cinema between the 1960s and ’70s, where the director took on a greater role than the studio. This era is often cited as a cinematic golden age, producing classics including The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby, and Apocalypse Now. Filmmakers got more experimental and tackled a wider range of themes…
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Original Texas Chain Saw Massacre House Is at Risk of Being Torn Down
Though this October does belong to Michael, as he’s basking in one of his many final films Halloween Ends, might we take a moment to pause and reflect on another silent killer? In 1974, a visionary by the name of Tobe Hooper unleashed his debut feature film onto the world, changing the face of horror…
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Was The Omen Really a Cursed Production?
Pop quiz – what do The Exorcist, Poltergeist, The Crow, Rosemary’s Baby, and the recording of Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast have in common? All are, allegedly, cursed, where unexplainable phenomenon and strange circumstances seemed to plague production. While some argue that most of the events are just circumstances, nothing more, the nature…
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‘Hatching’ Review: Eerily Atmospheric Finnish Body-Horror Cracks Open a Tween Girl’s Concealed Grudges
Motherhood is scary stuff. From “Rosemary’s Baby” through to “The Babadook” and “Hereditary,” a certain breed of horror film has taught us as much. Equally disturbing, in Hanna Bergholm’s inventive, alarmingly sunny genre outing “Hatching,” is adolescence: lurking under a protective mother’s wings, waiting to crack and come of age in a Finnish suburb’s suffocating,…