Fatherhood? No Thank You, The Baby Will Kill Me

As someone who watched a lot of television and movies as a child, it’s only fair to assume that some of what I saw would have an effect on a young, highly imaginative, impressionable mind.
One movie that scared the fuck out of me was “It’s Alive”.

Released in 1974 (I was 14, for those of you counting on your fingers out there), “It’s Alive” is a horror movie about a young couple, expecting their first child. The expectant father takes his wife to the hospital, the medical staff prep her for delivery, and the child, complete with fangs, claws and a homicidal urge then kills them all, in a surreal and very graphic blood bath.
Then the little thing starts climbing through air conditioning vents and small spaces in the hospital and surrounding community, killing everyone that tries to go “coochie-coochie-coo” or something.

Believe me when I tell you this little thing was terrifying. Good Lord.
Here’s the original theatrical trailer:

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The movie was a runaway success, so of course, Hollywood cranked out several more, before it was forgotten; tucked away in the recesses of their collective film making consciousness.

Until now.

They have rediscovered it, and in great Hollywood tradition, remade it.
And it still looks like it would scare the shit out of me.
Just watching the trailer makes every sperm in my body run and hide.

Here’s the 2008 trailer:

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