Main Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, Gerritt Graham, James Dixon
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Better known as It's Alive III, Island of the Alive details the further exploits of the murderous mutant infants introduced in director Larry Cohen's It's Alive! (1974). Said infants are shipped off to a desert island, where they are completely cut off from civilization. The government intends to eliminate the penned-up infants, but Michael Moriarty, the father of one of the babies, organizes a protest against this wholesale slaughter. It is clear to anyone who can read that director Cohen is drawing parallels between the quarantined children and society's treatment of AIDS victims. The strength of Cohen's direction and storytelling prowess is slightly weakened by some inadequate special effects in the closing scenes, wherein the babies reproduce and wreak havoc on the Mainland. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Neal Israel - Dr. Brewster; Art Lund - Swenson; Ann Dane - Miss Morrell; MacDonald Carey - Judge Watson; Tony Abatemarco - Cuban; Jonathan Brandis; Lynda A. Clark - 2nd Woman; Richard Duggan - Cop; Jill Gatsby - Girl in Cab; Patch MacKenzie - Robbins; Carlos Palomino - Cuban; Jackie Swanson - Tenant; John Woehrle - Cop; Lauri Riley - Medic; William Watson - Cabot; Katja Crosby - Girl in Court; Mitchell Edmonds - Stewart; Rick Garia - Tony; Steven Alan Green - Comic; Kathleen Kichta - Girl on Beach; Joann Lara - Waitress; Kevin O'Conner - Cab Driver; Gladys Portugese - Waitress; Bobby Ramsen - T.V. Host; Dan Rycerz - Court Officer; Elizabeth Sanders - Autograph Seeker; Edward Shils - Medical Examiner; Marilyn Staley - Miss Garson; C.L. Sussex - Hunter
Credit
George Stoll - Art Director, Larry Cohen - Director, David Kern - Editor, Larry Cohen - Executive Producer, Laurie Johnson - Composer (Music Score), Lauri Riley - Songwriter, David Shapiro - Songwriter, Steve Neill - Makeup Special Effects, Daniel Pearl - Cinematographer, Paul Kurta - Production Manager, Larry Cohen - Producer, Paul Stader - Producer, Rick Baker - Special Effects, William J. Hedge - Special Effects, Steve Neill - Special Effects, Kim Ornitz - Sound/Sound Designer, Paul Kurta - Supervisor/Manager, Larry Cohen - Screenwriter, Bernard Herrmann - Featured Music
