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Director:
Writer:
Larry Cohen (written by)
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Release Date:
October 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Whatever it is, it's alive and deadly. more
Plot:
The Davies expect a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing when it's scared. And it's easily scared. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
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Attack of the killer baby!!! more (76 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
John P. Ryan ... Frank Davis (as John Ryan)

Sharon Farrell ... Lenore Davis
James Dixon ... Lieutenant Perkins
William Wellman Jr. ... Charley
Shamus Locke ... The Doctor
Andrew Duggan ... The Professor
Guy Stockwell ... Bob Clayton
Daniel Holzman ... Chris Davis
Michael Ansara ... The Captain
Robert Emhardt ... The Executive
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy Burnett ... Nurse (as Mary Nancy Burnett)
Diana Hale ... Secretary (uncredited)
Patrick McAllister ... Expectant Father (uncredited)
Gwil Richards ... Expectant Father (uncredited)
Jerry Taft ... Expectant Father (uncredited)
Gerald York ... Expectant Father (uncredited)
W. Allen York ... Expectant Father (uncredited)
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Directed by
Larry Cohen 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Larry Cohen  written by

Produced by
Larry Cohen .... producer
Peter Sabiston .... executive producer
Janelle Webb .... co-producer (as Janelle Cohen)
 
Original Music by
Bernard Herrmann 
 
Cinematography by
Fenton Hamilton 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Honess 
 
Makeup Department
Rick Baker .... makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Bob Biggart .... sound effects
Pat Somerset .... sound effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Isenberg .... assistant camera
Jeffrey L. Kimball .... director of photography: second unit
Gary Leonard .... still photographer
 
Other crew
Bob Cohen .... production assistant
Reid Freeman .... production assistant
Steve Salkin .... production consultant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Baby Killer (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1984) | UK:15 (video re-rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:18 | Norway:16 (video premiere) | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:PG | Iceland:16 | Norway:(Banned) (1975-2003) (cinema release)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bernard Herrmann titled the music cue where the milkman meets his demise "The Milkman Goeth." more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Franks brings the bottles of milk in from the porch, he is never seen closing the door. When he opens the other refrigerator, the door to the porch is closed. more
Quotes:
Lieutenant Perkins: Hunting and killing babies doesn't seem to be my specialty. more
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Attack of the killer baby!!!, 24 May 2009
6/10
Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

Yes, this movie features a baby of a different kind...the kind that crawls and kills!!! Yes, a killer baby that for some reason me and my family watched quite a few times when I was a kid. Somewhat creepy and somewhat cheesy at the same time as parts of it are easily made fun of. The movie has a couple of kills in it, but it really is not all that gory compared to an Italian horror movie. The story is okay and it does not try to explain things to much, unlike the later "It's Alive" movies would do. The movie ends in a rather different fashion too as it is somewhat surprising what the man does at the end. Still, the thought of a killer baby is kind of creepy and kind of funny and that is why this movie somewhat works. More gore and such would have made it better and more sewer scenes too, for some reason I find the sewer to be a very good horror backdrop that is used somewhat in movies, but not not enough for my tastes. All in all though this movie is not boring and somewhat fun to watch and in some parts make fun of.

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