Product Details

• Actors: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, James Dixon, William Wellman Jr., Shamus Locke
• Directors: Jerry Jameson, Larry Cohen
• Writers: Larry Cohen, Lou Shaw
• Producers: Larry Cohen, Dante Cuccinello, Janelle Webb, Lou Shaw
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 277 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HT38B2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,122 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "It's Alive/It's Alive 2/It's Alive 3" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The little sharp-toothed tykes are kinda cute, actually, December 20, 2006

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Joseph P. Menta, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Alive/It's Alive 2/It's Alive 3 (DVD)

What a great deal for serious film fans who also have a taste for the good old "popcorn" genres, too, as this DVD covers both areas. In the former category, the "It's Alive" films boast the final and still great work of famed film composer Bernard Herrmann. You can literally feel his moody, apocalyptic main "It's Alive" theme pull these films up from their B-movie origins into the realm of true quality fare.

And in the "popcorn" category, the quality isn't all that bad, either, even if you don't consider the great musical scores. Taken together, the three movies on this disc feel like one of those big Stephen King end-of-the-world epics he's so good at writing. Like King's work in this area, here you get the big mysterious disaster (in this case, weird mutant babies being born all over the place) and the well-organized government response to the disaster. And again, like all those 800-page King epics, it's all quite well developed here: after being caught initially unaware by the new "creepy babies" dilemma, the government soon conspires with the medical profession to identify "non-normal" pregancies, so that contigents of cops are there in the delivery room, guns drawn, waiting to "take out" the little sharp-toothed tykes when they, uh... burst forth. But then there's a rival group of doctors who think the babies have a right to be born and they try to get to the mothers first. It's all quite interesting, and not at all like the "dumb but fun" movies I was expecting.

Each movie runs about an hour and a half, feature some pretty good actors (Michael Moriarity and Karen Black among them), and the widescreen prints used here are bright and clear, with a minimum of imperfections. A commentary track by director Larry Cohen graces each movie, too.

So, hey, just to be clear, I'm not saying you're getting Shakespeare here, but for a low price you're getting three pretty good horror movies, each laced with a handful of scares, some genuine complexity (should we feel bad for these creatures or not?), and the great musical scores I mentioned. As I said at the outset, it's a great deal.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC HORROR WITH A CLASSIC PRICE!, November 14, 2006

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K. Carlucci (Corpus Christi, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Alive/It's Alive 2/It's Alive 3 (DVD)

Alright people, this is the way DVD's should be. My thanks goes to Warner Bros. for releasing these three classic horror films for such a nice price! You get 2 discs, the first being It's Alive icluding a commentary and trailers for all three films. The second disc has It Lives Again with commentary and trailer on side A and It's Alive III-Island of the Alive with commentary and trailer on side B. I gave this collection 3 stars because although these are horror classics from the 70's and 80's they tend to move kind of slow with part 3 being the fastest. If you are looking for descent suspense and a few jump out surprises then you will enjoy these films. I believe part 2 should have received a PG rating as well. Part 3 is the goriest out of this trilogy. I'm just curious as to why my VHS tape of It's Alive has an R rating and now that this film is out on DVD it comes with a PG. Anyway, if you enjoy classic horror of the 70's and 80's this is one trilogy to add to your collection.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's lives on!, January 10, 2007

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W. Lewis, Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It's Alive/It's Alive 2/It's Alive 3 (DVD)

This trilogy is a favorite of mine. I watched it back when I was a child. Once I saw how these now horror movies are missing certain elements. I figured, how about go back and watched those movies that have that missing element. The missing element is, the cheap shot. The part were it makes you jump out of your seat. These movies have it. If your interested in watching this cult classic here are some other favorite's of mine.
The legend of Boggy Creek, The Beast Within, Dario Agento's Demons, Rosemary's Baby, Sleepaway camp, and Halloween.