Its Alive 2008

OK, let’s be strait, this movie is NOT going to be nominated by the academy for anything particular. I can go for the whole “mommy guilt” work up into the script; and frankly, it has been about 1K years since I saw the original, so if the plot line varied, then I am just not aware of it. The quality of production on this was really great. It was obvious that the cast and crew took it serious, yet something still was lacking… I mean, where is/was the mommy hurl? I mean that much huffing & guffing over the baby’s carnage should have produced something if nothing more than just bile. And then the recombinant amount of nipple chewing this kid does should have sealed his doom 10 minutes into the film. I personally haven’t breast fed anything, but my wife would have trashed my kids beyond dental records had she been teethed like this lady has. Maybe I should see the original again and then juxtapose it against this one (yet all films should be judged on their own merit). I’m sure that there was/is a moral or underlying meaning behind the production (like the ‘doink you die’ motif of the slasher film genre), but I am just at a loss for this film.

Horror Rating: 3 out of 5

Boobies Rating: 2 out of 5

Bijou Phillips

Bijou Phillips