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Rosemary's Baby.
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June 12, 1968 - 2023: 55 years of: Rosemary's Baby.

The cult is alive.

During the mid 60s counterculture, another phenomenon was taking traditions by storm. Following Anton Lavey's 1966 Church Of Satan founding, this new counter-counterculture would find adepts in the most wild places of society: Hollywood.

The lovely couple of Guy and Rosemary moves into their new Manhattan apartment. They quickly get adopted by their elderly neighbors: The Castevets. Time passes by and all is fun under the sun, until Guy's acting-career get's a surprise boost of interest. Happily in love, the young couple make plans for their upcoming addition.

After a hazy night of unwilling sex, poor Rosemary doesn't feel right, yet the evil seed is in and born in June 1966, this in-human boy is the anti-Christ. Occultism, Faustian-bargain and secret cults, Rosemary's Baby is a dark, yet somewhat realistic reflection of the unorthodox libertarian late 60s.

Based on Ira Levin's novel, the filmed horror adaptation was hatched by controversial producer Roman Polanski. Little did he knew, a full year later, real-life horror would knock on his door, as the Manson Clan would decimate his family and surroundings on his remote Beverly Hills mansion.

Filmed at New-York's The Dakota Apartments, this posh place would sadly later take another dark turn into pop-culture: 1980's John Lennon murder.

"God is dead, Satan lives, the year is One !" Controversy from head to toe, Rosemary's Baby would be one of the top draw, in this new genre, this new evil-worshipping genre that would bend Catholicism onto it's knee in the 70s: The Exorcist and The Omen.

HAIL ADRIAN !
HAIL SATAN !

RIP Sidney Blackmer AKA Roman Castevet (1895-1973)
RIP Ruth Gordon AKA Minnie Castevet (1896-1985)
RIP John Cassavetes AKA Guy (1929-1989)
RIP Maurice Evans AKA Hutch (1901-1989)
RIP Ralph Bellamy AKA Dr. Sapirstein (1904-1991)
RIP Charles Grodin AKA Dr. Hill (1935-2021)

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Rosemary's Baby = movie trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffw1u0aXn0o
Rosemary's Baby = documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q8LbUhPzLE