It Lives Again

It Lives Again
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLarry Cohen
Written byLarry Cohen
Produced byLarry Cohen
StarringFrederic Forrest
Kathleen Lloyd
John P. Ryan
John Marley
Andrew Duggan
Eddie Constantine
CinematographyFenton Hamilton
Edited byCurtis Burch
Louis G. Friedman
Carol Oblath
Music byThemes:
Bernard Herrmann
Orchestration and Conduction:
Laurie Johnson
Production
company
Larco Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 10, 1978 (1978-05-10)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.5 million (US-Canada rentals)[1]

It Lives Again (also known as It's Alive II) is a 1978 American science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen. It is the sequel to the 1974 film It's Alive. The film stars Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, Andrew Duggan and Eddie Constantine. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 10, 1978.[2] This was followed by a 1987 sequel It's Alive III: Island of the Alive.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1978". Variety: 17, 50. January 3, 1979.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (May 10, 1978). "Movie Review - It's Alive 2 (1978) - Screen: 'It Lives Again': 3 Monster-Babies". The New York Times. p. C21. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.