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In the late, great Larry Cohen's 1974 horror classic "It's Alive," Frank (John P. Ryan) and his wife Lenore (Sharon Farrell) have just had their second child ... and it's a monster. Their baby was born with fangs and claws, as well as increased dexterity and an unhuman lust for violence. As soon as the baby is born, it kills the nurses and scurries away through a skylight. The bulk of the film is a gruesome manhunt ... er, babyhunt ... wherein Frank and the local police track the killer baby through the streets, through a school, and eventually into the sewers. The baby murders people at each stop. It's posited along the way that the baby was mutated by the birth control pills still in Lenore's system when she was pregnant, and that the pharmaceutical company that made the pills is liable for any damage the mutant baby does. The Big Pharma...

We've got some sad news to report for big fans of the horror genre. Pioneer filmmaker Larry Cohen has passed away. Circumstances surrounding Cohen's passing are not yet clear, but the filmmaker reportedly died today at the age of 77. The veteran director and screenwriter had contributed to dozens of genre movies since the start of his career, and had built a passionate fan following in the decades since. Needless to say, the community is already in mourning, with many fans and colleagues taking to social media to express their sorrow over the loss.

Cohen's career in the entertainment industry dates all the way back to the 1950's, starting with work on television scripts. He had spent a lot of time in his early career writing for crime and detective shows, such as The Defenders and The Fugitive. By the '70s, Cohen opted to step behind the camera as well,...

Agramon's Gate is a riveting new horror feature film brought to you by Painted Creek Productions. It is written, produced and directed by multi award-winning filmmaker & actor Harley Wallen and stars Laurene Landon and Yan Birch. If you think you've seen all the images from Agramon's Gate, you are frightfully mistaken. Painted Creek has just released a fresh, new batch of Never-before-seen screenshots that will leave you screaming for more. The film’s trailer won Best Trailer at Arff Barcelona and Agramon’s Gate is also an Official Selection for Queen Palms International Film Festival and the...

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Larry Cohen's movies about eerie infants with murderous intentions are now on Blu-ray like never before in Scream Factory's It's Alive trilogy box set, and we've been provided with two box sets to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) It's Alive Trilogy Blu-ray box set, including:

It's Alive It Lives Again It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:

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2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject “It's Alive Trilogy Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 22nd.

It's alive! And for the first time on Blu-ray! For newer fans, It's Alive is a trilogy from the mind of Larry Cohen (The Stuff) that follows the parents of a child with dangerous mutations with the subsequent sequels ramping up the suspense and tension from there. The Blu-ray will be released on May 15th by Scream Factory and you know that it is packed with bonus features. After reading about the special features, check out a handful of clips as well as the official trailer for this tale warning against environmental destruction!

It's Alive Blu-ray Trilogy: "For the first time on Blu-ray, and in a new, deluxe box set, the It’s Alive trilogy is reborn! On May 15, Scream Factory will release the It’s Alive Trilogy in a 3-disc set packed with bonus features, including new interviews, and new 2K scans of each film.

It's newborn and … It's...

Scream Factory dazzled horror fans last year with their Paul Naschy Blu-ray collections, and they'll continue to release essential sets in 2018, as they just announced a new Blu-ray box set for the It's Alive franchise, including all three of Larry Cohen's movies about eerie infants with murderous intentions.

Slated to come out this spring, Scream Factory's It's Alive Blu-ray set will include It's Alive (1974), It Lives Again (1978), and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987). Special features have yet to be announced, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated when more details are revealed. In the meantime, you can check out the official announcement and box set artwork (by Joel Robinson) below:

From Scream Factory: "We’re ending the month with truly exciting news that we are releasing all three original It’S Alive films on Blu-ray this Spring!

A proud couple's bundle of joy is really a...

It’s here. It’s real. It’s no longer the subject of constant fan theorizing. Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s… a little unsatisfying, don’t you think? Maybe not- maybe you’re cheering over J. J. Abrams‘ perfect choice of title (and if that’s the case, then lucky you). And maybe the hype surrounding Episode VII was so high that we’d find fault with anything that wasn’t Star Wars: Awww Shit Yeah it’s Luke vs. the Mecha-Wookies. The Force Awakens isn’t the worst title in history (something that will forever be contested- I’ll always hold a spot in my heart for the buffoonishly unscary It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive), but it seems safe to say that the hype surrounding The Force Awakens is more my god, Episode VII has a subtitle and less my god, the Force is awake. We...

Every year, we here at Sound On Sight celebrate the month of October with 31 Days of Horror; and every year, I update the list of my favourite horror films ever made. Last year, I released a list that included 150 picks. This year, I’ll be upgrading the list, making minor alterations, changing the rankings, adding new entries, and possibly removing a few titles. I’ve also decided to publish each post backwards this time for one reason: the new additions appear lower on my list, whereas my top 50 haven’t changed much, except for maybe in ranking. I am including documentaries, short films and mini series, only as special mentions – along with a few features that can qualify as horror, but barely do.

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Special Mention:

Häxan

Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Denmark / Sweden, 1922

Häxan (a.k.a The Witches or Witchcraft Through The Ages) is a 1922 silent documentary about the history of witchcraft,...

It’s Alive

Directed by Larry Cohen

Written by Larry Cohen

1974, USA

Although not his first feature, It’s Alive helped establish Larry Cohen’s reputation as a director of ingenious low-budget genre films, which come with unexpected twists, conflicted anti-heroes, dark humour, and sympathy for monsters, both human and non-human. Cohen, writer and director of such projects as God Told Me To and Q, made his first foray into the horror genre with this low-budget cult favourite about a murderous mutant baby on a killing rampage. Lenore Davis (Sharon Farrell) gives birth to the hideous clawed and fanged offspring, which immediately slaughters the delivery team and then escapes the hospital to continue to conduct a flurry of killings in its search for food and shelter. When the story becomes front page news, father Frank (John Ryan) joins the police manhunt, determined to exterminate the baby himself.

Scratching under the...

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By Harvey F. Chartrand

Michael Moriarty, who starred in such classic films as Who’ll Stop the Rain and Pale Rider, exiled himself to Canada in 1995, following a nasty confrontation with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in a Washington, D.C. hotel room. Moriarty was invited along with network television executives and producers to hear Reno’s views on censorship of TV violence. Law and Order, one of the least violent shows on television, was cited as a major offender. Incensed by Reno's campaign to “forcibly end violence on television and trample on rights of free expression as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution,” Moriarty quit the series and left the U.S. in protest. He has been a landed immigrant in Canada ever since. Why the fateful encounter with Reno led to a radical (and seemingly overnight) transformation of Moriarty’s...