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.
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John P. Ryan | Frank |
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Sharon Farrell | Lenore |
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Andrew Duggan | The Professor |
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Guy Stockwell | Bob Clayton |
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James Dixon | Lt. Perkins |
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Michael Ansara | The Captain |
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Robert Emhardt | The Executive |
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William Wellman Jr. | Charley |
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Shamus Locke | The Doctor |
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Nancy Burnett | Nurse |
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Patrick McAllister | Expectant Father |
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Daniel Holzman | Chris |
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Diana Hale | Secretary |
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Herbert Winters | Expectant Father |
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Jerry Taft | Expectant Father |
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Gwil Richards | Expectant Father |
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W. Allen York | Expectant Father |
| Director | Larry Cohen |
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| Writer | Larry Cohen | |
| Producer | Larry Cohen, Peter Sabiston, Janelle Webb | |
| Musician | Bernard Herrmann | |
| Photography | Fenton Hamilton | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
| Owner | Review? |
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| Location | Horror Disk 1 |
| Purchased | On Sep 29, 2018 at YTS |
| Watched | Oct 18, 2018 (at Home) |
| Index | 365 |
| 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.