Maverick genre film writer, director and innovator Larry Cohen‘s 1974 horror classic It’s Alive is a masterclass in parental paranoia.
If It’s Alive is about the horrors of birth, the sequel is about taking responsibility for the children you create, no matter the cost.
It’s Alive stars John Ryan and Sharron Farrell as Frank and Lenore Davis, a loving couple approaching middle age with one 11 year old son and now, another child on the way.
As designed by a very young Rick Baker, the It’s Alive baby is widely considered a classic monster and with good reason; it’s scary, absurd and the manifestation of every mother’s worst nightmare.