Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
- baby
- pregnancy
- mutant
- homicidal baby
- devil
- remade
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- James Dixon — Lt. Perkins
- Michael Ansara — The Captain
- Robert Emhardt — The Executive
- William Wellman Jr. — Charley
- Shamus Locke — The Doctor
- Nancy Burnett — Nurse
- Daniel Holzman — Chris
- Diana Hale — Secretary
- Patrick McAllister — Expectant Father
- W. Allen York — Expectant Father
- Gwil Richards — Expectant Father
- Directed
- Larry Cohen
- Written
- Larry Cohen
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 225 ratings
- Studio
- Larco Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1974 · You’re hereIt's Alive
Where it starts.
It Lives Again
1978
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
