mattressman

I didn't see anything posted for this yet. I guess the trailer's been up for a month or so, but I just saw it.

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Another in the horror remake line up. I'm a big fan of the Cohen trilogy, so I can't help but catch this one when it hits theaters. I'm not so sure I wanna pay to see it though. This could be a travesty.

OldBoy

in keeping with the tradition of the 1st i assume they will go for a PG rating, so as to appeal to a mass audience.

Lastdaysofrain

In a recent interview (which I can't find the link to off the top of my head) Cohen talks about how bad this remake is.

Lastdaysofrain

http://thebloodshoteye.com/2008/05/2...ohen/#more-536

Here it is:
Cohen: Oh yeah, it’s just awful, it’s terrible. I made “It’s Alive” in 1974, it was “Gone with the Wind” compared to this thing. I don’t even think it’s releasable. But they did pay me an awful lot of money for the rights, so I sold ‘em, and they just made a dreadful picture out of it. And then I got another picture up in Canada that’s supposed to shoot called “Message Deleted,” and another one called “Tremble” that’s supposed to shoot in Pittsburgh. So I got a couple more pictures on the assembly line to be shot. Things slowed down out here because there’s a threatened strike of actors, and nobody wants to start their picture and then get caught in the middle of the strike.

Bloodshot: The remake of “It’s Alive,” does it have a CGI baby?

Cohen: Yes, it does have a CGI baby, but even that’s terrible. The beauty of “It’s Alive” originally was you didn’t see much of the baby, it was all in your imagination; in the new one, everything about it is bad, from the characters to the writing, the effects, the overall production. Everything is terrible. I hate to say something bad about something I’m connected with, but I’m trying to disassociate myself from the damn thing. However, it’s been made, and the money keeps rolling in, so what can you do? With something like that, when you sell the rights, you can only hope for the best.

big whoppa

I remember my parents seeing this in the movie theaters and they told me about it. I later saw it on home video years later. My parent's description of the movie was a hundred times scarier than when I actually saw it. This doesn't seem scary either.

Giles

I remember the tv ad for the original 'It's Alive' - now that was memorable and nightmare inducing - ugh, this remake seems pointless and dumb.

AGuyNamedMike

I saw It's Alive at the drive-in when I was little and it freaked me way out. We'll see how this new one shakes out. I like cheese.