It's Alive (film)

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It's Alive
Directed by	Larry Cohen
Produced by	Larry Cohen
Written by	Larry Cohen
Starring	John P. Ryan Sharon Farrell James Dixon William Wellman Jr. Shamus Locke Andrew Duggan Guy Stockwell Michael Ansara
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography	Fenton Hamilton
Editing by	Peter Honess
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	October 1974 (USA)
Running time	91 min
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	Unknown
Followed by	It Lives Again
IMDb profile

It's Alive was a 1974 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen. In the movie, a couple's infant child turns out to be a vicious monster that kills when frightened. Notable talents involved in the movie were Bernard Herrmann for the score and Rick Baker for makeup and puppet effects.

The film was re-released in 1977 with a massive TV publicity campaign which featured a trailer showing a bassinette which slowly revolved to show the creature's claws hanging out one side.

Surprisingly, in view of the fact that some countries (Finland among them) banned the film, the movie received a PG rating in the United States. It was also originally given an 18 certificate in the UK, but was recently lowered to a 15.

Two sequels followed: It Lives Again in 1978 and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive in 1987. Like the original, both were written and directed by Larry Cohen.

As of spring 2007, a remake is being filmed in Bulgaria, with Bijou Phillips as the creature's mother.

This film was #43 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

[edit] Quotations

"There's only one thing wrong with the Davis's baby... It's Alive!" (from TV advertisement)

[edit] External links

• It's Alive at the Internet Movie Database