Simply A Masterpiece

Load of rubbish!!

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Having a baby should be a symbol of joy to the family. But in this case, it's everything but joy. "It's Alive!" sounds like a Frankenstein movie rather than a baby movie. Here you have a couple who are about to have addition to their family. They have another boy, but it's born with features that would scare anyone. It's fanged and has claws. The baby boy is a born killer to say the least. It killed the doctors and nurses. And it makes it way to the home of his parents . The wife has taken fertility drugs to have the second child. The couple have decided to take action against the company responsible for the situation. The company told the couple that the baby should be killed. When the firstborn son starts to get homesick, he would see his baby brother for the first time. The mom is protective, but it still kills. The baby makes its final kill against the one responsible. Even though the terror there was over, reports of another mutant baby surfaced in another state. The baby needed love, however these babies seem to know how to survive without parental guidance. Having a baby shouldn't be scary. With now ultrasound, the nightmare can be averted. This movie is well played, and it's perfect for a stormy night. Rating 3 out of 5 stars

The Davies family seems like a typical American family when the film begins. Mrs. Davies is pregnant and soon will be giving birth. Unfortunately, when it comes time for the blessed occasion, the child turns out to be an ugly...thing. And this ugly thing goes on a murdering spree--not only in the delivery room but throughout the town. At no point, oddly, does anyone ask what the $^## Mrs. Davies had been sleeping with, as the child looks like a demonic batboy-- though the film only gives you glimpses of the killing machine through the course of the picture.While the plot is pretty simple and the film could have just been a stupid horror movie, it's a good bit better for a variety of reasons. Larry Cohen did a good job directing and keeping the tension throughout the film. I also thought that the way folks reacted towards the Davies family after the thing was born made the picture interesting--as well as Mr. and Mrs. Davies' reactions. Not a bad little horror film--and certainly better than the title might suggest.

All is happy in the Davis household as parents John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell are expecting the arrival of a new baby. But after a difficult labor Farrell gives birth to something out of Alien. It kills the delivery team in the hospital leaving mother alive, but shattered beyond belief and not knowing really what's going on. A beautiful Bernard Hermann score is really wasted on a cheap horror exploitation flick that spawned to sequels itself. Although Farrell as the mother should by all accounts be the protective one even though this thing which we never quite see, it is Davis as the father who tries to save it in the end. Even though Davis is only the father in the sense that Joseph is the listed father on the birth certificate in the Nazareth Hall of Records. In fact we're never really sure what caused Farrell to bring this into the world.Fans of gory horror films will love It's Alive, not sure how others will take it.

For a movie about a killer mutant freak child, this is pretty goddamn boring. Though the premise seems very fun and interesting, the execution is about as stale and disappointing as movies get. To me, the most bothersome thing about this horror flick was that there was just no suspense at all. Just, none. Okay, not entirely true, the milkman scene was pretty effective, but that's about one minute of the movie. All the rest is kind of a chore to sit through really, the charm of characters we've barely seen before and barely care about getting killed off-screen kinda escapes me. Even compared with the rather similar and also quite flawed "Basket Case", this just doesn't hold up. At least "Basket Case" had a cool puppet and some hilarious state-of-the-art stop motion effects, this one just has an okayish puppet and no effects. I just couldn't get into this movie at all, though I must admit the climax well, wasn't as bad as the rest I guess. I also liked the lead actor, who's about the only thing that made me keep watching. Good idea, weak movie, that about sums it up for me.