It's Alive - The Cinema Snob
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- The Cinema Snob checks out the first in the It's Alive series, directed by the great Larry Cohen.
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Lloyd Lives Forever!
Gone but never forgotten
Lloyd got a new body
That honestly got me right in the feels.
the good always leaves us too soon ! rip Lloyd.
Forever
Screw that 9 lives rule
I miss Lloyd , it was a nice throwback to hear the voice again. RIP Lloyd 😊
When did Lloyd pass away? 😢
This Baby Geniuses prequel is way better than any of the actual Baby Geniuses movies.
The bit with the cats was PERFECTION!!!
I love this movie. I have the trilogy blu ray set. The mother was on The Young and the Restless when I watched it back in the '90s. I love Larry Cohen. It's Alive is 100% a commentary on the drug Thalidomide. It was a drug given to pregnant women during the 60s to lessen the effects of morning sickness. What nobody realized was that the drug caused major birth defects and deformities in the babies. Thalidomide was more commonly used in the UK, and there are still people alive who bear the side effects of their mothers using the drug.
😮 heard it never saw the classic cult horror movies 🍿
The Shout trilogy set? Those side effects were terrible, unfortunately it never produced any mind reading babies.
I've been saying for years, we need a Larry Cohen month.
Loved the cat’s cameo. Great episode I really want to check this one out. Big fan of 70’s horror.
Burt and Pearl return and continue their reign of terror!
And it's very cool to have Larry Cohen spotlighted on the Cinema Snob!
I still argue that Frankenstein is also the monster's name since he's his father's son and would take his name. Yes, I'm THAT kind of nerd.
It's not just you. Most horror pop culture scholars, including Forrest J. Ackerman, agree that that is a proper interpretation as the monster himself identifies himself as Dr. Frankenstein's son as opposed to just his creation.
And his first name is Adam.
His name is Adam Frankenstein
I had this baby doll as a kid that my dad would make “it’s Baby Alive!” jokes about it and for some reason I always thought he just made it up? I had no idea/forgotten it was a real movie!
This film introduced me to Bernard Herrmann's music at a time I didn't pay attention to film composers. The scene when Charlie gets killed actually scared me for days.
This one will always have a special place in my heart because it weirded me out so much! I had dozed off on the couch watching Monstervision on TNT...It was Mosquito that night. I wake up to the sounds of the baby in this movie going wild in the hospital. I was in the weird state where sounds from the outside world are influencing my dreams. I then woke up and watched this...Back then on Something Weird on TNT. Great times! I miss the old late night tv shows and film presentations! Reel Wild Cinema using came on in the middle of these other shows.
I remember (as a teen in the 1970's) watching Chiller Theater on WPIX-11 late at night. I first saw films like The Brain That Wouldn't Die and Blood of Dracula that way. Then, in the early 90's, I remember watching Night Flight on the USA cable network on weekends. They played everything from music videos to cult films. Good times.
I remember seeing this poster in the local theater when I was about 8 or 9 years old, and it gave me nightmares for weeks, lol (I still REALLY wanted to see it, though), lol
I remember seeing this when I was a little kid. Great movie
I saw this in a local theater when it came out in the 70's. For a teenager at the time it was very watchable and entertaining.
LLYOD!! YOU’RE ALIVE!!
Also for some reason I keep getting this confused with Basket Case
I really miss Larry Cohen, made some pretty damn fun movies with interesting premises and probably my favorites would be Q The Winged Serpent and The Stuff
i actually described this movie for my boyfriend as basket case but better!
God the shots in this film are amazing! That shot of him being chased by the car in the sewer? The shots in the hospital giving a huge sense of unease
The commercials came out when I was a boy. The claw popping up out of the cradle terrified me Everytime it came on. Middle of the day, too. TV standards were weird back then. Love this movie
I was 7. This movie's trailer terrified me. One year later the trailer for a movie called "MAGIC' was ten times worse!! That trailer traumatized me!!!
the commercial gave me nightmares!
I saw this at the drive-in when I was about 6 or 7 with my parents at a double feature. I was supposed to be asleep, but no kid would actually sleep at a drive-in lol.
The spirit of Lloyd is alive and well. We need a Lloyd dub of “The Incredible Journey
OMG... The Letter People! This movie is getting my approval just for showing that!
This movie was my hide under my Grandmother's blanket movie when it came out. I watched it years later and couldn't figure out what terrified me. I vaguely remember an arm or hand on a floor or something. Going to revisit it some day.
I remember reading in a book that Larry Cohen actually regretted adding that scene in Hell Up In Harlem and admitted that “It looks like a cartoon”
Oh my God it's the Letter People! Haven't thought of those since Kindergarten!
I remember seeing this with my parents in the 70s -- they might not have made the best choices. I'm sure Mrs. Snob loved this movie as well. Thanks for the review!
The cat cameo was phenomenal! 😂❤
I remember being 11 years old and waking up during 4 AM, I turned on the tv and there it was, I'ts Alive. Watched it all, but man, it scared the f outta' me at the time. There was a time I thought it was just a fever dream or something, but no, it's real.
Oh man, the Letter People! That's a flashbang of nostalgia for me.
The 70's had some terrifying trailers that played on late-night tv. The It's Alive trailer was effective in its simplicity, just the bassinet and the claw hanging over the side. "There's something wrong with the Davis baby," says the narrator, followed by a croaking cry from the the unseen creature. The Bernard Herrmann score is quite good. He was supposed to score God Told Me To as well as Carrie, but sadly he would not live to work on either.
"We forgot about you, Chris."
Not the first time I've heard that.
I got to meet Larry Cohen at the premiere of the stuff. I still have my autographed stuff container.
Jealous!!
Glad to see you still get some time to watch more grown up programming and movies Brad!
I love how everybody just kind of accepts that not only did this woman give birth to a mutant baby, but that it immediately began a killing spree.
My god Island of the Alive scared the hell out of my...I was 5 or 6 and it gave me nightmares for weeks
I remember when the kiddos I watched were that little. I never hated anything as much as I did those kid shows.
😢 rest in peace, Mr. Harden, a.k.a. John Ryan, you will be missed🤘🍿
And yet, It’s STILL Alive!
Boy, what a wild film to come out the year after Roe v Wade
Been waiting for this one! I would love if you also covered The Unborn (1991) and its sequel The Unborn 2 (1994). They're basically just retellings of these movies, but 90s upped. But the second one has the great tag line of "Created Of Science. Void of Soul. Born to rule."
This looks awesome. I was thinking about Eraser Head when I saw the thumbnail. So I'm going to watch this today.
I remember watching this on TV decades ago.
This movie was my childhood.
Yes! More Past Lloyd.
Yes, Lloyd lives!
Cinema Snob is the one RUclips character that has never declined in quality.
The milk truck scene still stands out to me.
Damn that Baby bob commercial made me think of the horrible Baby Geniuses movies.
That show got two seasons. Two. Yes, it was a midseason replacement & didn't get a full run but two seasons means that it didn't just get on air but also got renewed.
I love how Rick Baker was approached to do the monster for the film, with the footage they used to pitch it was actually just test footage that Baker did, with they ended up using in the film.
Because of The Cinema Snob, I noticed how many movies have cats and Siamese cats.
Perfect for a snowed in day. New Snob content!
My dad was trying to find a dvd copy of this movie a couple days ago and then Cinema Snob does a video on it
As a kid, I remember being terrified of that trailer with the bassinet. Then saw the movie years later and laughing 🤣
The trailer still terrifies me. I have to put this video on mute and read the closed captions if I want to watch this.
@@DTD110865 traumatized!😉
That movie trailer scared me to death (I was 7). One year later a trailer for the movie "MAGIC" with Anthony Hopkins fucking traumatized me!!!!🫣😱😵
@@joshuah9109 ok this is hilarious-I was going to say this also lol. My brother used to scare me by saying the Magic Dummy was in my Dad's workshop 🤣🤣🤣. That thing was horrific!
@@flora71146 Apparently, when the trailer first aired several broadcast stations were flooded with calls from angry parents saying the commercial scared their kids.
I remember renting it from a movie store in the 90s. Good weird movie.
I probably don't comment enough but great channel. Exploring some weird and wonderful movies. Your year by year movie rundowns are amazing.
Lloyd...Lives...AGAIN!
I was 9 and it scared me, underated, now I look @ it's now fun to watch
Amazing video review Brad from cinemasnob on its alive,fantastic job.
Awesome! Hope the rest of the trilogy and the remake gets the Snob treatment.
13:47 We had those same blow-up alphabet characters in our first grade classroom (1974-75)! They were small posters (not blow-up dolls) lined up along the top of the wall in the front of the class. What a blast from the past :)
I'm Mr. M! With a munchy mouth!
I have to admit, I really want the wallpaper in the son's room. That's some kind of outtasight.
Love this movie, found all 3 on disc, lol.
Greetings from South Carolina 🎉
I saw this at the drive in when I was a kid. My parents fell asleep. Crazy thing is when Saturday Night Fever came out I was in second grade and I wasn't allowed to go see it but shit like this was Ok, and my mom doesn't understand my dark macabre humor hahaha
clearly disco is the more dangerous of the two
13:50 That's the Letter People. It was a strange TV puppet show that played on PBS in the 1970s. The theme song was a hell of an earworm.
This movie ALWAYS caught my eye at the video store.
Great call snob, I remeber seeing this on late night cable at a friend's house.
Damn I actually remember those freaky alphabet characters. Haven't thought of them in 40 years. Talk about PTSD.
The Letter People.
This movie came out way before I was born but I still used stills from it on Facebook as my own baby pictures.
Brilliant. Excellent jokes & delivery.
Lloyd lives on!!
Also Burt and pearl are Siamese if you please, they are Siamese if you don’t please. Just give them the milk! A drop for him and a drop for her.
I was 10 years old in '77 when I saw this at the movies. It gave me nightmares for weeks. The best part was when he killed the milkman the milk pouring out the back of the truck slowly turned red from blood.
I was 7 and the damn movie trailer alone traumatized me!!
I was 9. My mom was busy taking me to Saturday Night Fever and Magic in 1978 at 10. Now that scared the heck out of me!
Lloyd, the smartest being in horror movies.
My mom saw this in high school and it terrified everyone.
I remember seeing Island of the Alive come on late one night. I was shocked this movie got a sequel, let alone a 3rd movie. I still remember the first 20 min of 3.
Great popcorn flick, good time for a bad movie night.
I believe, I saw this at the theater when it was first released at the show .🎭
Those dam dancing veggies and fruits, I feel you, man. Broccoli and Radishes are kinda cool.
0:50 The same similar effect infamously used in the elevator death scene in "Earthquake". Also, what a way to spend a snowy MLK evening.
I like the method acting at 17:44
Brad might not have had a conversation about snails while waiting for his baby, but a conversation that started with "Hey, aren't you the Cinema Snob? I loved your 'Slugs' review!" was always a possibility. Also the police should have contacted the mob from 'Beware! Children at Play' - those guys would have made short work of any misbehaving babies, toddlers and kids in the area.
I will always argue that there's Dr. Frankenstein, and Frankenstein . They're different and the Dr was definitely conceited enough to give the monster his name
Thank you for the great content. Love it!
Never heard of this one!
Yes, Mr Snob, it was dark in the 1970s in the UK: the unions frequently went on strike and we had to use candles.
Besides, it's past Scotch and Smoke Thirty. Brilliant.
Back in the 70s all of our moms were either Stepford wives, Go-go dancers, or Fembots 7:26
Love it. You're like Tenold on steroids! 😂
This movie ranked at #43 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
LOL. One of the few movies with a trailer genuinely a billion times more creepy than the actual movie.
It goes for the neck like the Rabbit in _Holy Grail._
1:40. For those who might not know, that's a shot from the movie's trailer.
I was 7 when this came out and the trailer scared the hell outta me!
One year later a movie by the name of "MAGIC" came out. THAT DAMN MOVIE TRAILER WAS TEN TIMES WORSE!!!
Saw this in college, probably in '75 or possibly '76. Strangely, it was shown for free, but it did come out later as a normal release. We all thought it was awful., and that was all I remembered about it. I don't even think I saw it in a real theater, but in an upstairs room in the student center.
I think I saw the VHS to this at my local Video Store when I was a kid (or it might have the another movie). I never rented it. I did hear about this one when I saw it on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments". Movie does look like fun horror movie about mutant babies. May keep an eye out for this one.
I watched it when i was a teen back when netflix started their streaming service. It's got some great moments, silly and serious.
I never got around to watching this series, but I always wanted too, the image of the baby always creaped me out. Though weirdly the image I remember isn't quiet the one I see :> THoe alien like eyes were creepy.
John P Ryan is merely polishing his resume to be principal in 3 O’clock High
At 12.55 The beard on that guy is hilarious and glorious 😁
wonderful episode! when can we expect GOD TOLD ME SO?
R.I.P. John P. Ryan & Sharron Farrell
I am sort of terrified of the deluge of childrens content we might look forward to if the Snob ever reviews his kid's movies.
70s horror was so weird there was a period of time when I thought I had hallucinated this movie as a child and then the internet happened.
Also on the list: The Evictors and Homebodies. ETA: And Empire of the Ants. And something about piranha.