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10 Best Movies Like It's Alive

If you loved It's Alive, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation by the legal system and the media, the man responsible leads an ex...

#2
The Stepfather

The Stepfather

1987★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and ...

#3
It Lives Again

It Lives Again

1978★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. But rather than kill their monstrous offspring during delivery, cursed parents fl...

#4
Cannibal Troll

Cannibal Troll

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of friends on a camping trip, for the bride to be' s hen do, find themselves hunted down by a man eating cannibal troll in the woodland. They are hunted, captured and locke...

#5
In Old Oklahoma

In Old Oklahoma

1943★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen....

#6
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story

Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Alive for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Gatling Pictures' "Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story" examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of Boston "low rock" band Morphine. From his Newton, Mass., ...