It's Alive

It's Alive

There's only one thing wrong with the Davis baby...

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Release Date

4/26/1974

Runtime

91 mins

Overview

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$500,000

Revenue

$7,100,000

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A deeply anxious creature feature that transforms the terror of childbirth and new parenthood into visceral body horror, treating its monstrous premise with grim earnestness.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingTense

Themes

FamilyComing apartMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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