Episode 131: Monstrous Motherhood - Rosemary's Baby & The Brood

Test Pattern: A Horror Movie Podcast

In this episode, we’re looking at the monstrous side of motherhood with Rosemary’s Baby and David Cronenberg’s The Brood.

We know that Polanski’s history and crimes may make this an episode that some people decide to skip, or that some people may choose to skip to our coverage of The Brood. We fully understand and respect that choice. We will be talking about Polanski’s involvement in the making of Rosemary’s Baby only, but please know that we take his actions seriously and we did not decide to cover this movie without a lot of thought and consideration.

Sources:

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

"Charles Manson's Hollywood #10: Roman Polanski after Sharon Tate", You Must Remember This Podcast

"The Most Cursed Hit Movie Ever Made" by Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair

"The Apartment Building in Rosemary's Baby is Also a Star. Here's the Not-So-Secret Story Behind Its Name" by Lily Rothman, Time

"Rosemary's Baby (1968)" by Jeff Stafford, TCM

"#23: Mia Farrow in the 1960s, Part 1: Mia & Frank", You Must Remember This Podcast

"Remembering Rosemary's Baby", Criterion Featurette

"What Should We Do With Hollywood's Rotten Apples?" by Alison Willmore

"Bias in Medicine", Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

"How Women with Short Hair are Redefining Beauty", NowThis News

"Why Are All the Men in My Life So Angry About My Short Hair?" by Parisa Hashempour, Refinery 29

"My Choice to Live Child-Free by Christen Reighter", TEDxTalks

"What is Code Switching?", HuffPost

"The Gender Wage Gap is Even Worse For Women of Color", PopSugar Entertainment

"Quantifying America's Gender Wage Gap by Race/Ethnicity", National Partnership for Women and Families

"Siri and Alexa Reinforce Gender Bias, UN Finds" by Megan Specia, The New York Times

The Brood (1979)

"Why I Love ... The Brood" by Josephine Botting, BFI

"Birth Pains", Criterion featurette

"Meet the Carveths", Criterion featurette