Review of It's Alive (1974) by Adrian Z — 06 Aug 2013
A mutant baby is born and immediately goes on a killing spree. The father (John Ryan) wants to do the macho thing and kill it, against the wishes of his wife (Sharon Farrell), whom he has no problem smacking if she gets disagreeable.
A fertility drug, or smog may have been the cause of it. Really a capsule of its time, when medicine was transitioning from traditional to modern, but audiences nowadays would surely find it preposterous.
Add to that its leaden pacing, murky cinematography and poor audio (some dialogue is buried under Bernard Herrmann's creepy score) make it a bit of a chore.
This review of It's Alive (1974) was written by Adrian Z on 06 Aug 2013.
It's Alive has generally received mixed reviews.
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