About this episode
Dan and Alex explore the classic horror films Halloween and Rosemary's Baby to conclude Spooktober.
In this episode Dan and Alex explore two classic horror films to close the Spooktober month! First, we’ll step into the quiet suburban streets of Haddonfield, Illinois, in John Carpenter’s Halloween, where a silent, masked killer returns to destroy the innocence of a teenage babysitter and her friends. Then we’ll move into the cramped and ornate New York apartment building of Rosemary’s Baby (1968), where Mia Farrow’s Rosemary slowly realises that the people she trusts—and the space she inhabits—are conspiring to betray her, to take control of her body and her baby.
People in this episode
Hosts: Dan, Alex
Topics covered
- horror films
- Halloween
- Rosemary's Baby
- classic cinema
- Spooktober
- film analysis
Keywords
- Halloween
- Rosemary's Baby
- horror
- film analysis
- classic films
- Mia Farrow
- John Carpenter
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Halloween, Rosemary's Baby
Places: Haddonfield, Illinois, New York
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