It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)

Director:

Larry Cohen

Writers:

Larry Cohen (characters)
Larry Cohen (written by)

Release Date:

May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They do something worse than kill. They multiply.

Plot:

The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cycnicism and...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Mutant Baby | Baby | Mutant | Killer Baby

Cast

Michael Moriarty	...	Stephen Jarvis
Karen Black	...	Ellen Jarvis
Laurene Landon	...	Sally
James Dixon	...	Lt. Perkins
Gerrit Graham	...	Ralston
Macdonald Carey	...	Judge Milton Watson
Neal Israel	...	Dr. Brewster
Art Lund	...	Dr. Swenson
Ann Dane	...	Dr. Morrell
William Watson	...	Cabot
C.L. Sussex	...	Hunter
Patch Mackenzie	...	Robbins
Rick Garia	...	Tony
Carlos Palomino	...	First Cuban
Tony Abatemarco	...	Second Cuban

Also Known As:

Island of the Alive (USA) (alternative title)
It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

95 min | Germany:91 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 (video re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Larco Productions

Trivia:

Last cinema film of Macdonald Carey

Goofs:

Continuity: When the woman is being assaulted under the pier a creature kills the gangsters attacking her. The first criminal to get killed gets his neck broken before being tossed aside. While he's getting his neck broken you can see his mustache and stubbly beard. When he gets tossed onto the beach his stunt double has a different hair style and no facial hair at all. They reuse the same shot of this stunt fall about 20 seconds later to represent a different punk getting beaten up.

Movie Connections:

References "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" (1963)

Soundtrack:

IF I TOLD YOU

Decent Fun

It's Alive 3 (1987)

** (out of 4)

A court orders that all mutant babies must be sent to a deserted island. Four years later a group goes there to see how the babies have grown up. I saw bits and pieces of this years ago but this was my first time going through the whole thing and man what a bitter disappointment. Larry Cohen takes this film a lot less serious and goes over the top with things but he didn't go far enough. The thought of seeing the babies grown up was a great idea but it takes an hour for us to reach the island. When the humor does come it isn't enough so most of the time the film is just a bore.