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I remember when it came out in 1974 !

posted 12 years ago by burthelukyman
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I was too young to go see in the theater in 1974(12 years old) BUT I had seen the trailer on TV and it was the scariest thing I had EVER SEEN !! It was VERY similar to those fake 70's trailer spoofed in Tarantino's GRINDHOUSE (especially the one with the low male voice saying : - If you're thinking of seeing this movie alone ... DON'T !) with the announcer saying the infamous tag line : - There's only one thing wrong with the Davis baby ... IT'S ALIVE !! With a zoom-in on John Ryan's face and the creepy sounds of the baby !! Man !

You gotta remember folks : this was before JAWS, HALLOWEEN, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and other iconic (and bigger budgeted) horror films (though it did come out a few months after the granddaddy of all horror films : THE EXORCIST), and it made quite a splash back in its days (and A LOT of money for independent director Larry Cohen).

[–] ElectricWarlock 12 years ago

It would've been awesome to be alive when all of these movies were originally released. I was born way after the 1970s, however most of my favorite movies are from that decade. It would be very interesting to see films from the past in a theater with an audience who had never seen them before to see how they would react to it because it would be completely new to them.

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[–] jamesedwardmorton 12 years ago

I did just that with Harold & Maude the other week. I'd never seen it, and from the audience reaction, nor had half the cinema. Amazing experience. Feels like time travel!

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[–] Lovetvshows 11 years ago

I remember the trailer when it first came out. It scared me because it starts out with a lullaby and then the baby's claws are shown and you hear a scream. I wish they would make more trailers like these for modern movies. It was creepy.

[–] nyarlath 9 years ago

I still remember the claw marks on my arm where my girlfriend kept grabbing me when the baby attacked. Good thing we weren't doing anything more serious. ;)

[–] olwildbill 9 years ago

Yes, I remember when this came out in theaters and it was the scariest movie I saw when I was a kid. The TV spots were as creepy as they could be. I had a baby brother that had just been born about three months before and we actually had a crib with the hood over it, just like the one in the commercials and on the DVD cover. Tell me that wouldn't give you nightmares! This is a great movie and it holds up really well, even today (TCM just showed it).

[–] waynealanblood 9 years ago

I also saw it in 1974. I was ten. It scared the bejeezus out of me.
My cat used to mewl on occasion, and it sounded just like the baby. It would creep me out.

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[–] mikethemartian 8 years ago

I never saw this film until last night and I had forgotten about it. I was about eight years old when it came out. My only real memory of it is back then you had to call the movie theater to get a recording of the movies playing. I think I was trying to see if a new Godzilla movie was playing and I heard the "IT'S ALIVE!" times. It is funny the things we remember.

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[–] josephmonaghan-34145 8 years ago

You were 12 in 1974 you could of saw it it was rated PG