Comparison between the cut R-rated version and the uncut unrated version (both represented by the US-DVDs)


R-rated: 79:42 min without end credits (83:12 min with end credits) in NTSC
Unrated: 80:08 min w/o end credits (83:38 min with end credits) in NTSC

- 3 cuts
- length of cuts: 25.4 sec


It's Alive is a remake of Larry Cohen's trash-horror-flick from the 70s of the same name, which back then was already followed by two sequels. Cohen was involved in writing the remake's script.

The prematurely delivered baby of a young couple (Bijou Phillips and James Murray) already creates a massacre in the operating room. The unusual case remains unsolved for the time being and thus the mysterious killer-baby can keep hunting merrily in the vicinity of its parents' home.

Even if this rough plot summary and the cut scenes suggest it: you shouldn't necessarily expect a fun-splatter movie.

To achieve an R-rating, some of the movie's bloody scenes had to be toned down. As usual, an unrated version, probably containing the movie in its original form, was released simultaneously with the R-rated DVD.


Runtime information refers to the R-rated DVD

14:26

Various shots of the badly battered hospital employees.
Also, the last shot of Lenore with the baby starts a little earlier.

11.8 sec

52:44

The splash of blood in the air can be seen a little while longer, then shots of Marnie getting killed follow.
At the end, you see the baby's hand sticking out of her mouth.

6.6 sec

68:38

After the shot of Chris, the whole scene of Officer Marcos getting split in two and the baby working her legs is missing.

7 sec