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It's Alive
When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.
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Plot Summary
A couple struggling with infertility undergoes an experimental IVF treatment, only to discover their child is a monstrous mutant. As the baby grows and its violent tendencies escalate, they find themselves forced to protect their terrifying offspring from a world that would seek to destroy it, while also confronting the dark truth behind its existence.
Critical Reception
The 2009 remake of 'It's Alive' received generally negative reviews from critics and audiences alike. While some acknowledged the attempt at a modern take on the classic horror concept, many found the execution lacking in originality, suspense, and effective scares. The film was criticized for its derivative plot and underdeveloped characters.
What Reviewers Say
A lackluster remake that fails to capture the unsettling nature of the original.
The film relies on predictable horror tropes and a lack of compelling scares.
Character development is minimal, leaving little emotional investment in the protagonists or their monstrous child.
Google audience: Audience reviews indicate disappointment with the film's uninspired plot and lack of genuine horror elements, with many feeling it was a forgettable retread of a more effective original.
Fun Fact
This film is a remake of the 1974 horror film of the same name, also directed by Larry Cohen.
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