It's Alive (2009 film)
| It's Alive | |
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| Directed by | Josef Rusnak |
| Produced by |
Marc Toberoff Robert Katz |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on |
It's Alive by Larry Cohen |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Nicholas Pike |
| Cinematography | Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
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| Distributed by | Millenium Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $957,897 |
It's Alive is a 2009 American horror film directed by Josef Rusnak. It is a remake of the 1974 film of the same name written and directed by Larry Cohen. Bijou Phillips stars as a mother who has a murderous baby.
Plot
Lenore Harker leaves college to have a baby with her architect boyfriend, Frank. After discovering the baby has doubled in size in just a month, doctors extract the baby by Caesarian section. After the doctor cuts the umbilical cord, the newborn goes on a rampage and kills the surgical team in the operating room. It afterwards crawls onto its mother's belly and falls asleep. Lenore and the baby are found on the operating table, the room covered in blood. Lenore has no memory of what happened.
After questioning by the police, Lenore is allowed to take the baby home. Authorities arrange for a psychologist to help her regain her memory of the delivery. Soon, baby Daniel bites Lenore when she feeds him, revealing his taste for blood.
Daniel begins to attack small animals and progresses to killing adult humans. Lenore refuses to accept that her baby is a cannibalistic killer. Frank comes home from work to find Lenore sitting in the baby's room, but Daniel is not in his crib. He searches for Daniel and accidentally locks himself in the basement. The police find Frank, but Daniel kills one of the police officers. Frank captures Daniel, but is unable to bring himself to kill the baby. The baby attacks him.
Lenore finds Frank injured, and she brings the baby into the house. She sets fire to the house, killing herself and the baby. Frank and his brother watch the house burn.
Cast
- Bijou Phillips as Lenore Harker
- James Murray as Frank Davis
- Raphaël Coleman as Chris Davis
- Owen Teale as Sgt. Perkins
- Ty Glaser as Marnie
- Jack Ellis as Professor Baldwin
- Skye Bennett as Nicole
- Arkie Reece as Perry
- Todd Jensen as Dr. Orbinson
Production
Shooting began in Sofia, Bulgaria, in March 2007.[1]
Release
The film was released straight-to-DVD in the United States on October 6, 2009. It is available in both rated and unrated editions. The film had theatrical release in the Philippines in August 2009.[2] Outside the US, it grossed $957,897.[3]
Reception
Gareth Jones of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Don’t go into It's Alive expecting a genuinely good movie (let's face it, neither was the original), but do expect to be entertained."[4] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk rated it 1.5/5 stars and wrote that the film "lacks suspense or even basic waves of dread".[5]
Larry Cohen, the director of the 1974 original, was interviewed on December 21, 2009, regarding the remake and gave it a negative review, 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."[6]
References
- ↑ Kay, Jeremy (2007-05-06). "Rusnak's It's Alive remake starts shooting in Bulgaria". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ↑ "Red Band Trailer Debut for 'It's Alive' Remake! | | Bloody DisgustingBloody Disgusting". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ↑ "It's Alive". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ↑ "It's Alive (2009)". Dread Central. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ↑ Orndorf, Brian (2009-09-30). "It's Alive (2009)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ↑ Layne, Bryan (21 December 2009). "Larry Cohen Interview". Films in Review. Retrieved 15 October 2013.