It's Alive is a 2009 American science fiction horror film directed by Josef Rusnak.

Bijou Phillips stars as a mother who has a mutant baby that kills people when scared.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lenore Harker leaves college to have a baby with her architect boyfriend, Frank.

After the doctor cuts the umbilical cord, the newborn mutant baby Daniel goes on a rampage and slaughters the surgical team in the operating room.

Daniel begins to attack small animals and progresses to killing adult humans when he is scared.

Frank comes home from work to find Lenore sitting in the baby's room, but Daniel is not in his crib.

Frank and Chris watch helplessly as the house burns to the ground with Lenore and Daniel inside.

"[5] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk rated it 1.5/5 stars and wrote that the film "lacks suspense or even basic waves of dread".

HorrorFreakNews.com awarded the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing, "It's Alive intelligently shifts conventional scary movie making.

"[7] Larry Cohen, the director of the 1974 original, was interviewed on December 21, 2009, regarding the remake and commented : "It's a terrible picture.