It's Alive Movie Review

A memorable cult film about a mutant baby born to a normal Los Angeles couple. The clawed, fanged infant wrecks havoc in the delivery room, then escapes the hospital and goes on a bloodthirsty, murderous rampage. In one grimly amusing scene, Junior goes after a milk-truck. The concept is ingenious, the gore kept at a minimum, and the monster tot all the more effective for being rarely glimpsed. This nasty little gem was followed by two sequels. Prospective parents should probably avoid them, though.

1974 (PG) 91m/C John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon, Michael Ansara; D: Larry Cohen; W: Larry Cohen; C: Fenton Hamilton; M: Bernard Herrmann. VHS, Beta WAR, FCT