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‘Rosemary’s Baby’ – Is Paramount’s ‘Apartment 7A’ a Secret Prequel?! [Exclusive]

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'Rosemary's Baby' - Is Paramount's 'Apartment 7A' a Secret Remake?! [Exclusive]

Production wrapped earlier this month on Paramount Players’ psychological thriller Apartment 7A, which assembled quite the horror dream team… and now we know why.

Bloody Disgusting has it on good authority that Apartment 7A is actually a top-secret Rosemary’s Baby prequel that’s about the woman who died outside the apartment when Rosemary moved in (photo below).

The evidence is all there, too, with Paramount Pictures owning the rights to Rosemary’s Baby, Roman Polanski’s 1968 horror masterpiece that starred Mia Farrow as a pregnant young woman who believes her baby is not of this world. It’s a horrific tale of gaslighting that has commentary perfectly ripe for a modern spin.

Apartment 7A is produced by Platinum Dunes (The Purge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th) and A Quiet Place director John Krasinski, the former of which was attached 15 years ago to remake Rosemary’s Baby.

Also, a quick search on IMDb produced two startling revelations.

The first is that Amy Leeson is credited as “Rosemary Woodhouse”, the title character portrayed by Mia Farrow in the 1968 classic.

The character “Roman Castevet” also appears in both films. Sidney Blackmer portrayed the character in the original film while Kevin McNally is credited for Apartment 7A.

For those unacquainted, “Rosemary eventually deduces that Roman Castevet is an anagram for Steven Marcato, the son of a former Bramford resident and a reputed Satanist. She suspects that the Castevets and Dr. Sapirstein belong to a Satanic coven and have sinister intentions for her baby.” – Wiki

The film also stars Julia Garner, who got her start in our genre, starring in films such as Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Last Exorcism Part II, and We Are What We Are. Her talent wasn’t recognized by the mainstream until her breakout performance in “Ozark”, which recently concluded on Netflix. Dianne Wiest (Edward Scissorhands) also stars.

The superteam doesn’t stop there as Relic‘s Natalie Erika James directed the psychological thriller, which she co-wrote with Christian White based on a draft by Skylar James.

John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via Sunday Night as well as Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, who will produce via Platinum Dunes.

Bloody Disgusting will keep you posted when we hear more.

'Rosemary's Baby' - Is Paramount's 'Apartment 7A' a Secret Prequel?! [Exclusive]

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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Daniel Roebuck Has Joined the Cast of ‘Terrifier 3’! [Exclusive]

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Daniel Roebuck has been cast as Santa Claus in Terrifier 3, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report.

Writer-director Damien Leone is currently wrapping production on the highly-anticipated sequel, in which Art the Clown unleashes chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.

“I’ve been holding this secret for a long time!” Roebuck tells Bloody Disgusting. “I’ve been really excited about it. I’m actually entering into the movies that I watch. It’s extraordinary. This is Terrifier bigger, badder, best.”

Roebuck appears in Terrifier 3 alongside returning cast members David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliot Fullam, and AEW superstar Chris Jericho.

No stranger to iconic horror properties, Roebuck has squared off against Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, played The Count in Zombie’s The Munsters, succumbed to The Tall Man’s sphere in Phantasm: Ravager, and investigated death in Final Destination.

A distinguished character actor with over 250 credits, Roebuck has also appeared in The Devil’s Rejects, 3 from Hell, Bubba Ho-Tep, John Dies at the End, The Fugitive, Lost, Agent Cody Banks, and The Man in the High Castle. Incidentally, he’s also playing Santa in the family drama Saint Nick of Bethlehem, due out later this year.

Terrifier 3 will be released in theaters nationwide later this year via Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting in conjunction with our partner on Terrifier 2, Iconic Events Releasing.

Terrifier 3 comes courtesy of Dark Age Cinema Productions. Phil Falcone Produces with Lisa Falcone acting as Executive Producer. Co-producers include Mike Leavy, Jason Leavy, George Steuber, and Steve Della Salla. Brad Miska, Brandon Hill, and Erick Opeka Executive Produce for Cineverse. Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor also Executive Produce.

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