Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster that kills the team in the delivery room and escapes through a skylight. Lieutenant Perkins comes to the hospital to investigate the murder and the press divulges the identity of the parents. Frank discovers a dark secret about Lenore and the baby.
John P. Ryan | Frank | |
Sharon Farrell | Lenore | |
Andrew Duggan | The Professor | |
Guy Stockwell | Bob Clayton | |
James Dixon | Lt. Perkins | |
Michael Ansara | The Captain | |
Robert Emhardt | The Executive | |
William Wellman Jr. | Charley | |
Shamus Locke | The Doctor | |
Nancy Burnett | Nurse | |
Patrick McAllister | Expectant Father | |
Daniel Holzman | Chris | |
Diana Hale | Secretary | |
Gerald York | Expectant Father | |
Jerry Taft | Expectant Father | |
Gwil Richards | Expectant Father | |
W. Allen York | Expectant Father |
Director | Larry Cohen | |
Writer | Larry Cohen | |
Producer | Larry Cohen, Peter Sabiston, Janelle Webb | |
Musician | Bernard Herrmann | |
Photography | Fenton Hamilton |
Owner | Review? |
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Location | Horror Disk 1 |
Purchased | Sep 29, 2018 at YTS |
Quantity | 1 |
Seen | Oct 18, 2018 at home |
Added Date | Sep 30, 2018 02:38:48 |
Modified Date | Oct 24, 2018 22:01:55 |
My quick ratin 5,6/10. I would say that now a movie such as this would get either a ton of backlash, or would just get swept aside completely. No in between when you tell a story of a baby that comes out of the womb and immediately kills people. Guess that was a spoiler. Anyway, it was the early 70s and it sure looks like it. There really isn't any underlying excitment to this one. A very original idea for the time, and still quite disturbing for moms to this day I would assume. Definitely a bit creepy, but as far as horror goes this movie stays a bit on the tame side.