It's Alive (2008)

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A happy young couple gives birth to a horrible monstrosity in this remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 killer baby classic. Graduate student Lenore (Bijou Phillips) has put her education on hold in order to have a child with her architect boyfriend Frank (James Murray). They're planning a new life together… More A happy young couple gives birth to a horrible monstrosity in this remake of Larry Cohen's 1974 killer baby classic. Graduate student Lenore (Bijou Phillips) has put her education on hold in order to have a child with her architect boyfriend Frank (James Murray). They're planning a new life together in the country when their unborn child begins growing at an alarming rate, and doctors are forced to conduct an emergency C-section for Lenore's safety. When every medic in the operating room is brutally killed, the frightened new parents rush their newborn home and do their best to pretend everything is normal - but it isn't. Their newborn son Daniel is an abomination, and prone to savagely attacking anything - and anyone - that gets in his way. Though Lenora does her best to protect Daniel, even after it's plain to see that he can't control his murderous impulses, the evidence that something is terribly wrong becomes too powerful to deny when the mangled corpses of dead animals and people begin turning up in the area, and all signs points back to the demonic little bundle of rage with an unholy appetite. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Josef Rusnak
Written By: Larry Cohen, James Portolese, Paul Sopocy
Genres: Horror

On DVD: Oct 6, 2009
Studio: Alive Productions

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Anton Bitel, Little White Lies
Bijou Phillips... lacks the presence let alone the gravitas to carry off the tragedy of having created her own monster, and so the film's examination of maternity and madness falls short

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[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] The significance of ths film is that we are now at a time for horror cinema specifically the mid to late 2000's, that cult films from the 1970's and 80's are being remade to cash in on the… More
[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] The significance of ths film is that we are now at a time for horror cinema specifically the mid to late 2000's, that cult films from the 1970's and 80's are being remade to cash in on the original film's sucesses. The original It's Alive wasn't a huge success anyway so it seemed rather unusual to remake it but the film is not as terrible as everyone says. The film does have a very inconsistent visual style and I will admit that it is quite ugly and the direction is sometimes flimsy. However, it does have a clear moral message from the side of it that's a character drama like the first one and it has a few decently built up moments. It's nothing remarkable and very cliche'd but unlike other remakes the acting is good sometimes and it's never entirely boring. It's an incomprehensibly cheesy B movie that's fine but never adds up to something good, it's everything I expected and I enjoyed it for that.
A.D. V

Rudimentary reworking of Larry Cohen's cult fave brings nothing fresh or new to the table instead going for a by-the-numbers approach with no scares, typically bad CG and a laughable killer baby that the filmmakers wisely kept offscreen until the end.
Brian D

Dull and boring sums up this remake.Only saving grace which is'nt much is that its got a different story to the 1973 orignal and gore fans will be happy with some of the gore on screen.But its the flat and twist free ending that sum up that the film making did'nt care in… More
Dull and boring sums up this remake.Only saving grace which is'nt much is that its got a different story to the 1973 orignal and gore fans will be happy with some of the gore on screen.But its the flat and twist free ending that sum up that the film making did'nt care in what they were doing!!!!!
Jacob P

This movie is although very eerie and creepy...It does also have very corny effects and very poor acting. But due to the blood and gore, I have to give it some credit.
Juny L

It's Alive remake is not as creepy or better than the original,but it was different with some good ideas of is own.Unfortunately some scenes wasn't executed right & the film goes over the top.I also prefer the leading actors of the original.Bijou Philips & James… More
It's Alive remake is not as creepy or better than the original,but it was different with some good ideas of is own.Unfortunately some scenes wasn't executed right & the film goes over the top.I also prefer the leading actors of the original.Bijou Philips & James Murray wasn't so convincing or believable as a couple,not much chemistry with these two.The baby monster of the original is creepy,but the baby of this remake was kept off screen until the end.It was hard to get a close look at him in few of the scenes,but once i got to see this CGI baby i had to smile...it didn't look that good.It's Alive is average & entertaining,with few flaws. <div style="width:400px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com/photos/its-alive-2008-its-alive--12305450"><img src="http://content8.flixster.com/photo/12/30/54/12305450_ori.jpg" border="0"/></a><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10px;"><a href="http://www.flixster.com">Flixster</a> - Share Movies</div></div>
John M

Though not as much fun as the original, it is a regular watch, with some decent gore. It really has no relation to the original, other than a killing baby, and the same of the family´s name Davies.