Bijou Phillips... lacks the presence let alone the gravitas to carry off the tragedy of having created her own monster, and so the film's examination of maternity and madness falls short
It's Alive (2009)
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Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A happy young couple gives birth to a horrible monstrosity in this remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 killer baby classic. Graduate student Lenore (Bijou Phillips) has put her education on hold in order... A happy young couple gives birth to a horrible monstrosity in this remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 killer baby classic. Graduate student Lenore (Bijou Phillips) has put her education on hold in order to have a child with her architect boyfriend, Frank (James Murray). They're planning a new life together in the country when their unborn child begins growing at an alarming rate, and doctors are forced to conduct an emergency C-section for Lenore's safety. When every medic in the operating room is brutally killed, the frightened new parents rush their newborn home and do their best to pretend everything is normal--but it isn't. Their newborn son, Daniel, is an abomination, and prone to savagely attacking anything--and anyone--that gets in his way. Though Lenora does her best to protect Daniel even after it's plain to see that he can't control his murderous impulses, the evidence that something is terribly wrong becomes too powerful to deny when the mangled corpses of dead animals and people begin turning up in the area, and all signs points back to the demonic little bundle of rage with an unholy appetite. [More]
Starring: Bijou Phillips, James Murray
Starring: Bijou Phillips, James Murray
Director: Josef Rusnak
Director: Josef Rusnak
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen, Paul Sopocy, James Portolese
Composer: Nicholas Pike
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