9. It’s Alive dir. by Larry Cohen (1974)

Childbirth is a beautiful thing, but it’s also kind of gross. Even more so when your baby is a disgusting, vampiric abomination that murders the obstetric staff and then goes on a rampage through the sewer systems of your local town.

That’s It’s Alive in a nutshell. Laced in there somewhere are a father who refuses to accept the beast as his own, and a mother who wants only to coddle the damned thing. Low budget costs or poor creature effects lead to a vast majority of the movie being filmed from the first person perspective of the baby as he crawls around and murders folks. The rest looks mostly like a doll being thrown across the room.

The tag line says, “The one film you should not see alone.” It’s half right there. Grab some drinks and grab some friends for this one. It’s a cult favorite, but it can be hard to get through without anyone else to laugh at it with you.

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