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It's Alive

2009 · 82 min

A grim, claustrophobic horror that turns the tenderness of new parenthood into a tense and bloody nightmare.

Directed by: Josef Rusnak
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman

Tagline: Please be quiet. Do not wake him up.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Josef Rusnak
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
isolation
grief
fate
survival
Places: single country house
hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Josef Rusnak
Written by: Larry Cohen, Paul Sopocy, James Portolese
Starring: Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman, Owen Teale, Ty Glaser, Jack Ellis, Arkie Reece, Skye Bennett
Runtime: 82 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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