IT’S ALIVE Larry Cohen’s mutant baby classic – free online

‘Save your screams until you see its face’
It’s Alive is a 1974 horror film about a mutant baby,which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.

The movie was written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen (God Told Me To, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff). In the movie, a couple’s infant child turns out to be a vicious mutant monster that kills when frightened. It was promoted as It’s Alive!

Notable talents involved were Bernard Herrmann who composed the score (lauded for his work on many Alfred Hitchcock films) and Rick Baker (Octaman; An American Werewolf in London) for make-up and puppet effects. It was remade in 2008.

Scream Factory has issued the It’s Alive Trilogy on Blu-ray with the following extras:

Disc One: It’s Alive

• 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements
• Cohen’s Alive: Looking Back At The It’s Alive Films Featuring Interviews With Writer/Producer/Director Larry Cohen, Actors James Dixon, Michael Moriarty And Laurene Landon, And More…
• It’s Alive At The Nuart: The 40^th Anniversary Screening With Larry Cohen
• Audio Commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Larry Cohen
• Radio Spots
• TV Spots
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery

Disc Two: It Lives Again

• 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer/Director Larry Cohen
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery

Disc Three: It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive

• 2K Scan Of The Original Film Elements
• Interview With Special Effects Makeup Designer Steve Neill
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer/Director Larry Cohen
• Trailer
• Still Gallery

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Plot:
In Los Angeles, Frank Davis (John Ryan) and his wife Lenore (Sharon Farrell) are expecting their second child. Frank is a successful public relations consultant and his wife is a stay-at-home mom for their first child, Chris (Daniel Holzman). The couple had avoided having a child for several years while Lenore took contraceptive pills. When the child is ready to be born, they leave Chris with a family friend, Charley (William Wellman, Jr.) and head to the hospital.

Their second child is born monstrously deformed, with fangs and claws. Immediately after birth, one of the doctors attempts to suffocate the child. The child kills the doctors and nurses and flees through a skylight. Lenore is left alive, screaming for her child as a horrified Frank discovers the carnage.

Frank and Lenore are allowed to leave the hospital while the police investigate the killings. Unknown to anyone, the child is making its way to the Davis home, killing people it comes across, including a musician and a milkman. As the killings continue, the press and the police hound Frank and Lenore…

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‘Although it finally doesn’t have the courage of its convictions and raises more questions than its standard horror/sci-fi format can cope with, there’s still a lot that comes off here. The premise is blackly humorous: every monster has a Mom who loves it.’ Chris Petit, The Time Out Film Guide book

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“Great score by Bernard Herrmann and classic horror  film ending make this a chilling and memorable film.” Videohound’s Complete Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics book

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