It's Alive

It's Alive

Please be quiet. Do not wake him up.

Directed by Josef Rusnak

Produced by Alive Productions, Amicus Entertainment

200982 min4.1 / 10

A dark, tense horror film that perverts the intimacy of new parenthood by making the newborn itself a source of brutal violence and dread.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is It's Alive scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is It's Alive violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is It's Alive easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does It's Alive end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is It's Alive sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

8/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like It's Alive

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as It's Alive

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like It's Alive, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like It's Alive, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like It's Alive, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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