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Rosemary’s BabyOther

by Roman Polanski

Who uses, recommends or left Rosemary’s Baby, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Charles Busch
American playwright, actor and drag performer; wrote and starred in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (1984) and Psycho Beach Party, and wrote the Broadway hit The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000).
loved

Rosemary’s Baby is this outrageous story of devil worshippers conjuring forth the living Satan—and yet there’s such reality in the film and concern for the everyday details of New York life.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Charles Busch, the entry for Rosemary’s Baby.

2025-08-22·criterion.com ↗

Tracy Letts
American playwright and actor; won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for August: Osage County, wrote Killer Joe and Bug, and won a Tony as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).
loved

Movies are rarely as quotable as Rosemary’s Baby, and no other horror movie comes close.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Tracy Letts, the entry for Rosemary’s Baby.

2017-11-29·criterion.com ↗

Illeana Douglas
American actress, writer and director; appeared in Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), To Die For (1995) and Ghost World (2001), and wrote the memoir I Blame Dennis Hopper (2015).
loved

Maybe that’s why I love it: Rosemary’s Baby plays on every woman’s fears.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Illeana Douglas, the entry for Rosemary’s Baby.

2016-09-01·criterion.com ↗

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