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Oh, baby! Details revealed for “IT’S ALIVE Trilogy” Scream Factory Blu-ray set

Larry Cohen’s killer infants are making their high-definition debuts as Shout! Factory issues the IT’S ALIVE Trilogy, a three-disc Scream Factory Blu-ray set coming in May. The full specs have now been released.

The IT’S ALIVE Trilogy streets May 15, containing IT’S ALIVE, in which a mutated baby goes on a rampage through Los Angeles; IT LIVES AGAIN, which triples the menace as their parents try to stop them; and IT’S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE, in which the government makes an ill-fated attempt to quarantine the multiple little killers. Each film will be presented in a new 1.85:1 2K scan of the original film elements; special features are as follows:

IT’S ALIVE

  • New “Cohen’s Alive: Looking Back at the IT’S ALIVE Films,” featuring interviews with writer/producer/director Larry Cohen, actors James Dixon, Michael Moriarty and Laurene Landon and more…
  • New “IT’S ALIVE at the Nuart: The 40th Anniversary Screening” with Larry Cohen
  • Audio commentary by writer/producer/director Larry Cohen
  • Radio spots
  • TV spots
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Still gallery

IT LIVES AGAIN

  • Audio commentary by writer/producer/director Larry Cohen
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Still gallery

IT’S ALIVE III: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE

  • New interview with special effects makeup designer Steve Neill
  • Audio commentary by writer/director Larry Cohen
  • Trailer
  • Still gallery

Retail price is $49.97, but you can pre-order it for $39.97 at the Shout! Factory website and get it shipped two weeks early.

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