🎬 SCREENING NO. 003 — ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

Directed by Roman Polanski • Starring Mia Farrow & John Cassavetes

Our journey through the horrors of the 1960s continues! 👻

For our third screening, The Screening Room returns to New York City for one of the most influential and unsettling psychological horror films ever made.

When Rosemary Woodhouse and her ambitious actor husband, Guy, move into a grand Manhattan apartment building, their seemingly idyllic new life takes a disturbing turn. Their eccentric elderly neighbors become increasingly involved in their lives, and when Rosemary becomes pregnant, a series of strange events leaves her questioning everyone around her—including her own husband.

Based on Ira Levin’s bestselling novel, Rosemary’s Baby (1968) is a masterclass in psychological horror, using ordinary domestic spaces, social expectations, isolation, and creeping paranoia to create an atmosphere of extraordinary dread.

Like our first screening, The Innocents (1961), Rosemary’s Baby explores the terrifying uncertainty of perception and the consequences of not being believed.

FILM CREDITS

Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans & Ralph Bellamy
Screenplay: Roman Polanski
Based on: Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Music: Krzysztof Komeda
Editing: Sam O’Steen
Producer: William Castle
Runtime: 137 minutes
Language: English

🎟️ HOW TO JOIN THE SCREENING

Movie starts at 8:00 PM ET.

You must have a Discord account to participate in this screening.

Join us through The Screening Room on Discord. Please join before 8:00 PM to make sure you have access and everything is working before the film begins.

Join early—we’ll begin promptly at 8:00 PM!

Please note: Attendees should arrange their own legal access to the film. The movie will not be rebroadcast through Discord.

After the film, stay for our group discussion! We’ll explore Rosemary’s experiences, the film’s depiction of paranoia and control, its New York setting, and its lasting influence on psychological horror.

Come for the film. Stay for the conversation. Find your people.