
It's Alive(1974)
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.


“Please be quiet. Do not wake him up.”
When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.

Bijou Phillips
Lenore Harker

James Murray
Frank Davis

Raphaël Coleman
Chris Davis

Owen Teale
Sgt. Perkins

Ty Glaser
Marnie

Jack Ellis
Prof. Baldwin

Arkie Reece
Perry

Skye Bennett
Nicole

Oliver Coopersmith
Mike

Todd Jensen
Dr. Orbinson
It's Alive is a horror, science fiction film released in 2009 exploring themes of baby, monster, homicidal baby, remake. Directed by Josef Rusnak, it stars Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman. When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.
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