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It's Alive

1969Movie1 h 20 min

28

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28

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Summary

A farmer traps three people in a cave with his pet prehistoric monster.

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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 23GoodWatch 28
IMDb2.8
Audience score18%
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 horror movies, −15 min on the typical 95
typical 9580
Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 45 countries, rent or buy in 39 more
+35
Released
1969
October 30, 1969
57 years ago
Genres
HorrorScience FictionTV Movie
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
5 of 5
Directing · 1
Larry Buchanan Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Production · 1
Edwin Tobolowsky Associate Producer
Camera · 1
Robert B. Alcott Director of Photography
Sound · 1
Conrad Lee Reed Sound Director
Other crew · 1
Jack Bennett Special Effects

Tropes

Mutantsin 130 titlesThe infant is born with multiple abnormalities, including fangs, claws, and apparently the ability to move about despite being a newborn infant — all of which make it very dangerous when upset, as ne…Novelizationin 724 titlesThe first two films received them: Richard Woodley novelized It’s Alive while actor James Dixon, a Larry Cohen regular who played Lt.All 17 tropes

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