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| It Lives Again/It’s Alive |
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Genre:Horror
Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Frederick Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, Andrew Duggan, Eddie Constantine & James Dixon |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
11201 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$49.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
91 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1978 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Larry Cohen |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Larry Cohen |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Bernard Hermann |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Curt Burch, Louis Friedman & Carol O’Blath |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Larry Cohen |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
It Lives Again is the terrifying sequel to It’s Alive, part of a trilogy that also includes It’s Alive III: Island Of The Alive (not reviewed). Larry Cohen teams up with Academy Award®-winning monster make-up artist (An American Werewolf In London) Rick Baker to create the hideous threesome of fanged and clawed newborn executioners. Eugene (Frederick Forrest) and Jody (Kathleen Lloyd) Scott are an excited couple expecting their first baby. When they receive a visit from Frank Davis (John Ryan, reprising his role), warning them that their baby has the same characteristics as his, they refuse to believe that it could happen to them. But then they give birth to one of three monstrous creatures. The Scott baby is on the loose and Eugene and Jody are forced to set themselves up as bait in order to catch their child before it kills again.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, like its predecessor, is matted at 1.85:1 and looks dated, but does not suffer from colors that are subdued. Fleshtones are a little more natural and colors have better definition with blacker blacks. Images are generally sharp, but still lack in fine detail and definition. Shadow detail fares better with deeper blacks, but is inconsistent and wanting in definition. Even though this sequel looks better than the original, it’s inconsistencies make it just as bad.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is distorted monaural that sounds overly bright and thin.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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