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It's Alive

It's Alive

Horror · Science Fiction · 1974

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.

Movie details

It's Alive

“There's only one thing wrong with the Davis baby...”

1974 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 31m

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6.0 / 10

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The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Larry Cohen

Written by

Larry Cohen

John P. Ryan

John P. Ryan

Frank Davis

Sharon Farrell

Sharon Farrell

Lenore Davis

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

The Professor

Guy Stockwell

Guy Stockwell

Bob Clayton

James Dixon

James Dixon

Lt. Perkins

Michael Ansara

Michael Ansara

The Captain

Robert Emhardt

Robert Emhardt

The Executive

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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.