It's Alive

It's Alive (1974)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Release date

1974-04-26

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Larco Productions

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

Budget

$500 000

Revenue

$14 000 000

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Director

Larry Cohen

Actors

John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, Michael Ansara, William Wellman Jr., Robert Emhardt, James Dixon, Shamus Locke, Patrick McAllister
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Scenario

Larry Cohen

Producer

Larry Cohen, Peter Sabiston

Operator

Fenton Hamilton

Composer

Bernard Herrmann

Artist

Audition

Editing

Peter Honess
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• Director Larry Cohen drew the monstrous creature as he envisioned it: with a huge forehead and prominent veins, and gave the drawing to special effects artist Rick Baker. The Star Child from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) and a wolf served as inspiration.
• Filming and editing of "It Lives!" took place concurrently with work on Larry Cohen's other film – "Black Caesar" (1973). As a result, many members of the cast and crew worked on both films seven days a week without a break.
• For close-up shots, Rick Baker created a full-size head of the mutant baby, a pair of gloves, and a costume, which was worn by his then-girlfriend, and later wife, Elaine Alexander.
• The film is based on Saltykov-Shchedrin’s novel “The History of One Town.”
• Victor Tsoi was mistakenly listed among the actors on the film’s poster. In reality, Vyacheslav Tsoi, a namesake of the singer, appeared in the film.
• The film is based on Saltykov-Shchedrin's novel "The History of One Town".