Review of It's Alive

It's Alive (1974)
1/10
THIS was banned in Finland?????
6 May 2003
Warning: Spoilers
A mutated baby (with fangs and claws no less) is on the rampage just seconds after being born.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD

Pathetic excuse for a horror film. The story is more than a little stupid, has plot holes big enough for freeway construction and is dull. The acting sucks, the direction is by the numbers and the "special" effects showing the baby are unintentionally hilarious. The baby is almost never seen--for good reason. When they do show it attacking a man at the end it's one of the most uproarious things I've ever seen. It's very hard to sit there with a straight face seeing this tiny little baby JUMP onto a guy and "attack" him.

The premise sounds interesting but, even if you suspend disbelief entirely, who is going to seriously believe a just-born baby is able to slaughter four or five doctors and get out of the operating room and wander all around town without being noticed? Come on!

For some reason, this film was banned in Finland--my guess is that the censors saw it and banned it for its lack of quality! A total fiasco. Avoid.
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