It's Alive (1974)
- Directed by
- Larry Cohen
- Genre
- horror film, monster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 223 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple gives birth to a baby that is a vicious mutant. The parents must deal with the terrifying reality of their monstrous child.
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What happens
It's Alive is a 1974 American science fiction horror film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell as a couple whose infant child turns out to be a vicious mutant. The film's cast also includes James Dixon, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, and Michael Ansara. The baby was designed and created by special effects make-up artist Rick Baker, and the film's score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. It's Alive was distributed by Warner Bros. and received mixed reviews upon release. It spawned two sequels, It Lives Again (1978) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987), as well as a 2009 remake. It is the only film in the It's Alive series with a PG rating as the remainder of the series all have the R rating. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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