The Pinnacle Of Weird Behavior In Rosemary's Baby

Unfortunately, it’s not unusual in this day and time to turn on the news and hear a warning about a new serial killer roaming our streets. It’s horrifying and hard to understand what could possibly make a person commit such heinous crimes. What is wrong with this person that drives him or her to commit such an act? The truth is that people have searched for the answer to that question for eons. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be many definitive answers to those questions.

Satanic activity is thought to have occurred through the ages. It’s common for groups outside the norm to be accused of practicing satanic rituals. Any group could direct these allegations toward anyone they wanted to demonize.

One of the most famous horror films not just of the 1960's but of all

Horror films share similar characteristics. Horror is meant to enact fear into its audience. Most horror films scare their audiences by using vampires, zombies, ghosts, blood, or gore. However, the film, Rosemary’s Baby (1968), scares its audiences, not by blood and gore. Rosemary’s Baby is one of the scariest films made, but does not conform to the normal horror genre. Roman Polanski’s film tells a story of a young mother who manipulated to give birth to Satan’s baby. Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes), an actor, is enticed by wealth. He is promised by the old couple next door (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer), who are part of a Satanic cult, riches in exchange for his wife’s, Rosemary (Mia Farrow), womb. Rosemary’s Baby is a horror film due to the cultural response of the audience based on real-life events of the 1960’s.

Hamlet’s mental health wavers throughout the novel. Questions arise whether he in fact showed insanity, or if his actions had legitimate reasons. Throughout the play, Hamlet struggles internally and externally. Externally he wants to expose King Claudius in revenge of Hamlet seniors’ death. Internally, Hamlet battles himself, in the sense that he doesn't know how to emotionally pursue the situation. These factors ultimately lead to his abrupt road to insanity.

The Exorcist tells the story of the young Regan that is presumably possessed by the devil. Her mother reaches out to a priest for help after many dokters failed to help her.

Unfortunately, they did not heed his advice, and he ends up having a stroke that eventually leads to death. Rosemary does read a book given to her as a gift from Hutch after he passes, as she reads it she becomes suspicious of her neighbors and soon after realizing her husband is also in on a plot to steal her baby. By the end of the movie, Rosemary discovers she is the mother of the son of Satan and her husband made a deal with the coven to make him famous in exchange for his wife. Filmed in 1967, Rosemary’s Baby marks a change in the horror genre. During this period horror films were filled with aliens or gore.

Rosemary’s Baby is a classic psychological horror film which came out in 1968. It was directed by Roman Polanski, one of my favorite directors. I would place him right up there with Alfred Hitchcock, just in terms of the way he is able to have such a filmmaker’s vision and command over his audiences. The 1960’s is my favorite decade for films, and probably my favorite decade of the 20th century because it was such a turbulent time. It was the rise of counter-culture and psychedelia that broke the mold and allowed people to “misbehave”. It’s certainly reflected in the films of this era, which were more avant garde and took chances- this film is a prime example of that.

The story is set in a suburban area in the late spring. Rosemary is dead; the story is told from her perspective as a ghost, but this isn’t told right away. Rosemary’s soul attached itself to a bracelet that she gave to her best friend, Alice. Rosemary and Alice are about twelve years old. Rosemary and Alice go to Alice’s house. They mention an accident that happened on the highway during the winter. Rosemary resides on the bed while Alice does her homework. Rosemary rises, drifting to Alice’s side. She reaches for the bracelet on Alice’s wrist, wondering if Alice will ever take it off. Days pass by, Rosemary and Alice walk to Alice’s house again. While they walk, Alice’s friends call Alice from behind. They appear to ignore Rosemary and Rosemary

Another character that can be pointed to as the reason why multiple tragedies occurred throughout the play is Hamlet, and his desire to seek vengeance against Claudius for murdering his father. The way in which Hamlet went about achieving revenge drastically influenced the occurrence of tragedy throughout the play. Hamlet decided to create a persona of insanity, and present himself as insane to others to reach his ultimate goal. This act of insanity however lead to a multitude of tragedies. The first of which was the death of Polonius. During a conversation with his mother Hamlet was acting quite bizarre to keep his act of madness up. Eventually Hamlet said this, “Come, come, and sit you down. You shall not budge.

Hi Jamuna, thank you for your sharing. I read all our classmates' responses, and I decided to come back to comment your response because you picked one of my favorite's horror movies. I like the way you describe the poster very details. The main colors of the poster are dark gray and black. The little girl wears a white dress, hold a doll, which is Annabella, and carry a lamp. The background is also dark and dull with a house and a tree. That build the movie's story and creates a fear to audiences because that is not a good idea to see a girl on the outside of the house in the midnight. I agree with you that the filmmakers try to reflect the horror shape to the poster, and it works. I do not know I cannot open your link. It maybe dead, I guess.

I used to believe that Rosemary was feeling very sorry for the situation that her children were in, even if she was an unconventional mother. The last part of the story I just read, convinced me that she had mental problems because not even a mother who loves her children would do what she did. Even surviving in such a situation was fluky for the children, and that’s why the government should’ve taken them from their parents.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, portrays an insane world in which the plot to kill a king ensues. We are brought even deeper into the scenes and what happens in-between them in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Everything found to be odd in Hamlet is more pronounced throughout this reflective play. The play proves just how insane the kingdom of Denmark really is. Throughout Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard uses mysterious circumstances, atmospheres, and unanswerable questions to enhance the eccentricity of the stories.

Lighting and all of the various camera angles combine with color and costume and music to create an atmosphere that is compelling to the viewers and convey the history of a created man. The scenes I selected on YouTube begin as he lies in Kim’s bed in town and dissolve as he remembers how life was in his early past. You see his inventor deciding to build a man, you see him teaching Edward, you see his final gift to Edward before dying and leaving him alone, and you see Edward with Kim. The time involved is 6.10 minutes. Throughout the film there is use of lighting and mise en scene to build the audience reaction to what they see.

When someone hears Satanism they usually start to think of sacrificial ceremonies, demonic worship, and the summoning of demons. Some even go as far as to think that Satanism is associated with kidnapping, child sacrifice, and other inhumane rituals. Satanism was created to go against other religions and was made to stand out, but is not violent and is misrepresented. The truth is that the Church of Satan has, falsely, taken the blame for these unspeakable acts. As the official website for the Satanic Church put it, “Satanism is a life-loving, rational philosophy that millions of people adhere to.” (Church of Satan Archives)