A far-fetched cult thriller.
It's Alive (1974)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:11
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Cult favorite about an ordinary couple who become the parents of a bouncing baby boy. Unfortunately, the infant is a grotesque monster who embarks upon a grisly killing spree throughout Los... Cult favorite about an ordinary couple who become the parents of a bouncing baby boy. Unfortunately, the infant is a grotesque monster who embarks upon a grisly killing spree throughout Los Angeles! The cops attempt to track down the blood-thirsty babe, as the parents (who have no idea how or why this happened) try to cope with this unusual ordeal. Ahhh, the joys of parenthood... [More]
Starring: Sharon Farrell, John Ryan, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara
Starring: Sharon Farrell, John Ryan, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon
Director: Larry Cohen
Director: Larry Cohen
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Reviews for It's Alive
A deeply terrifying portrait of child-parent relationships and intolerant fears of "otherness" defined as much by its sociological sharpness as its gore.
You wouldn’t want to confuse what Cohen does for art, but for its genre It’s Alive! manages a few neat tricks
This is no Rosemary's Baby but more like a campy Godzilla in diapers.
Choice Cohen schlock. 'There's only one thing wrong with the Davis baby...it's alive.'
Latest News for It's Alive
August 21, 2008:
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Bijou Phillips sighting! The first trailer for Millennium's remake of the 1974 cult horror classic It's Alive has been released, and Bloody Disgusting's got it. More...
July 20, 2007:
Larry Cohen Plans Remakes of It's Alive, Black Caesar, and The Stuff
Long before he wrote movies like "Phone Booth," "Cellular," and (ugh) "Captivity," filmmaker Larry Cohen was making horror movies about killer babies. And (guess what?) he just... More...
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