'It's Alive!'

TV Movie
1969
Unrated
1h 20m

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A loony farmer finds a prehistoric monster hiding in a cavern on his land. To feed his newest critter, the farmer kidnaps three people. The three desperately try to escape and finally, one o... Read allA loony farmer finds a prehistoric monster hiding in a cavern on his land. To feed his newest critter, the farmer kidnaps three people. The three desperately try to escape and finally, one of them succeeds.A loony farmer finds a prehistoric monster hiding in a cavern on his land. To feed his newest critter, the farmer kidnaps three people. The three desperately try to escape and finally, one of them succeeds.

Director
- Larry Buchanan
Writers
- Larry Buchanan
- Richard Matheson
Stars

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IMDb RATING

2.7/10

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Director
- Larry Buchanan
Writers
- Larry Buchanan
- Richard Matheson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Tommy Kirk

Wayne Thomas

Shirley Bonne

Leilla Sterns

Bill Thurman

Greely
(as Billy Thurman)
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Annabelle Weenick

Bella
(as Annabelle MacAdams)

Corveth Ousterhouse

Norman Sterns

Larry Buchanan

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Larry Buchanan
Writers
- Larry Buchanan
- Richard Matheson
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Trivia
This has the unusual distinction of being a remake of a movie that was never made in the first place. When American International made a deal with Larry Buchanan to remake some of their movies ("It Conquered the World" became "Zontar, the Thing from Venus," "The She-Creature" became "Creature of Destruction" and so forth), they evidently included a script based on Richard Matheson's story "Being." The production had gone by several titles, including "G.O.O.", and was to have starred Peter Lorre and Elsa Lanchester. Apparently Lorre's death canceled the project, so AIP earned back some of their money by passing the script on to Buchanan.

Goofs
Bella the housekeeper is able to enter the cell where the three prisoners are kept, which she does multiple times, bringing them food and water. The three captives could easily overpower her, or just follow her out of the cave, yet instead they hatch a plan to have her smuggle them dynamite to blow up the cell bars.

Quotes
Narrator: There is a legend in these hills that when it rains and the sun shines at the same time, the devil is kissing his wife.

Crazy credits
The End?

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: It's Alive! (1972)

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Featured review

7/10

'It's Alive!': Okay fine, I'm weird

It's Alive is sitting with a horrifically low IMDB rating and when you see the goofy ping pong eyed monster you can entirely understand why.

However, I kind of enjoyed it. And here is where my clear weird taste in movies comes in.

It tells the story of a couple who while driving through the country become lost and seek assistance from a man who runs an obscure show full of various animals on display. When he offers them a tour things turn bad and the man shows his true colours.

The creature though ridiculous looking is barely on screen and that is certainly in the movies favour. Instead we're treated to more of a psychological game between the captor and captives and I found myself fairly engrossed.

Flawed? Absolutely, but I enjoyed it regardless.

The Good:

Overall well constructed

The Bad:

That monster, really?

Some of the music was a tad overwhelming

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Unless told men do not know that lack of food results in death