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List Price: $12.98 Our Price: $6.99 You Save: $5.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : October, 1974 DVD Release : 05 October, 2004 |
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It's Alive description A young couple joyously awaiting the birth of their newborn is in for a horrifying surprise in this thrilling low-budget '70s hit. It's Alive wastes no time in establishing that there is something terribly wrong with the Davies' new baby in a shocking opening "escape" sequence not intended for the faint of heart. As baby "It's Alive" makes its way home from the hospital destroying anything in its path, the Davies must face an impossible dilemma, and a parent's worse nightmare! An interesting hybrid of melodrama and monster movie, It's Alive focuses more on story and satirical social commentary than blood and gore, finding a balanced tone of realism meets camp. In the tradition of other great monster movies, clever quick-edit shots of the baby are introduced to the audience in small doses, building some solid suspense. Sure, there's mandatory suspension of belief involved, but who has time to ponder gaping holes in logic when an entire metropolis lives in fear of a baby monstrosity? Maverick independent film maker Larry Cohen struck gold with this chilling "it could happen to you" tale of terror which went on to gain cult status and spawn two sequels (It Lives Again and Island of the Alive). Featuring some strong performances, genuinely creepy creature effects by master of make-up artist Rick Baker (King Kong, Star Wars, Men in Black), and a marvelously effective score by legendary composer Bernard Hermann (Psycho, The Birds, Kill Bill Vol. 1), It's Alive is schlock at its best. --Matt Wold |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | A 70's horror classic! |
| The Davies (John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrel) are expecting a baby but as soon as they arrive in the hospital, something goes wrong in the living room as the wife gives birth to a sharp toothed, red-eyed, clawed mutant infant monster that kills anyone that gets in it's way. The cops are urged to kill the mutant freak before it kills more and the father is determined to find out the mystery behind what caused the mutant and must destroy it.
One of the most influential horror movies of the 1970's and one of Larry Cohen's best movies! spawning two sequels with a remake coming out sometime and some rip-offs. This gory thriller gives us the chilling possiblities of what radioation or a deadly drug can effect a developing fetus, Rick Baker's creature and make-up effects are excellent for it's day and the acting is good. It's a shocking and startling movie with ideas and one of the most original screen monsters there is, a must see for fans of old school horror. The DVD contains a good widescreen transfer with good sound and the only extras are a audio commentary by writer-director Larry Cohen and trailers for all three movies. Also recommended: "Basket Case", "Re-Animator", "The Toxic Avenger", "C.H.U.D", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Beyond Re-Animator", "Q: The Winged Serpent", "It Lives Again", "It's Alive III: Island of the Alive", "The Brood", "Halloween", "Class of Nuke'Em High", "The Fly (1986)", "Scanners", "Bloody Birthday", "An American Werewolf in London", "God Told Me To", "Brain Damage", "Frankenhooker", "Pet Semetary", "The Children", "Slugs", "Baby Blood", "The Stuff", "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie", "28 Days Later", "28 Weeks Later", "The Crazies", and "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)". |
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