| Distributor:Warner Home Video Synopsis: Horror journeyman Larry Cohen, writer and director of numerous quirky horror projects, made his first foray into the genre with this low-budget cult favorite about a murderous mutant baby on a suburban rampage. The story opens with a delivery-room massacre as the newborn child of Frank and Lenore Davies (John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell) answers the doctor's slap by tearing him to pieces -- along with a few other medical personnel -- before fleeing the hospital for whereabouts unknown. The subsequent ... Full Synopsis
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| One of the better "demon child" horror film cycle that began with Rosemary's Baby, It's Alive! actually holds up pretty well, even decades after its release. Granted, its very low budget is even more obvious today than it was in 1974, and there's simply no getting over the fact that the poor production values do have an impact. For example, the cinematography is clumsy, which occasionally detracts. ... Read Review | |
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