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It's Alive
Unrated DVD cover.
Directed by	Josef Rusnak
Produced by	Mark Damon
Written by	2007 Screenplay: Larry Cohen Paul Sopocy James Portolese 1974 Screenplay: Larry Cohen
Starring	Bijou Phillips Raphael Coleman James Murray
Music by	Nicholas Pike
Editing by	James Herbert Patrick McMahon
Release date(s)	October 6, 2009(USA)
Language	English

It's Alive is a 2008 remake of the Larry Cohen's 1974 horror film of the same name. See It's Alive (1974 film).

Plot

When Lenore (Phillips) learns that she is pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank (Murray) in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead—all with a strange connection to their newborn. Could their new child be the monster responsible for the gruesome murders?

Cast

• Bijou Phillips - Lenore
• James Murray - Frank Davis
• Raphaël Coleman - Chris Davis
• Owen Teale - Sgt. Perkins
• Skye Bennett - Nicole
• Ty Glaser - Marnie
• Arkie Reece - Perry
• Laura Giosh - Officer Marcos

Release

The film was officially released straight-to-DVD on October 6, 2009. It is available in both rated and unrated editions. The film had theatrical release in the Philippines in August 2009.^[1]

Reception

This currently carries a 3.8 rating on IMDB.

Larry Cohen who directed the original was interviewed on December 21, 2009 on the remake and gave it a negative review by saying "It's a terrible picture. It's just beyond awful" and "I would advise anybody who likes my film to cross the street and avoid seeing the new enchilada."^[2]

References

External links

• It's Alive at the Internet Movie Database