Who writes a better thriller than Ira Levin? Before the author explored the petrifyingly perfect suburbs of Stepford, he dug into more mystical scares with reproductive horror Rosemary’s Baby. A bestseller of over 4 million copies, the film rights were secured by producer William Castle when it became clear the book’s slow terror was a real sensation. Dub Trub and curator Boomer screen the late-Sixties feature as the kickoff for their free October film series Freaky Fridays. – James Scott