Writer: Larry Cohen
Composer: Laurie Johnson
Starring: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Gerrit Graham, Macdonald Carey, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, William Watson
More info: IMDb
Tagline: They do something worse than kill. They multiply.
Plot: The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cycnicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.
My rating: 6.5/10
Will I watch it again? Maybe.
Larry Cohen wrote and directed all three IT'S ALIVE pictures and even though none of them are great, I do appreciate how he continues the story. You can tell that he cared enough to do something different with each one. This one's got some great stuff like stop motion animated killer mutant babies. The kills are fun and nearly all of this wacky shit happens on an island where the babies have been left to live in isolation. Can it get better? You betcha. A successful business man and game hunter shows up to kill him some babies and naturally underestimates his prey. But that's not the story Cohen sticks with. It gets weirder and weirder. I'd say it's probably worth watching just for how bonkers the story gets. What about that cast? Michael Moriarty and Karen Black? Cohen got good talent for his pictures, I'll say that much. They're great. Moriarty does a great job in an unusual way. He plays the father of a mutant baby, Stephen Jarvis, unlike what any other actor would probably do and it works. I might be over-selling it but I enjoyed it for the camp horror that it is. I'd suggest watching it with a group and toss some liquor sauce into the mix. The Warner Bros. IT'S ALIVE Triple Feature DVD set features the film in anamorphic widescreen. The only extras are the trailer (fullscreen) and a commentary track by Cohen.
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