It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

I have already noted that the third entry into the It's Alive trilogy is my favorite piece. Mainly because it's the "black sheep" and it really doesn't take itself to serious like the previous two did. Also, it stars Michael Moriarty and anything that guy is in is bound to be on helluva treat to sit through. Legendary b-movie actress Karen Black also plays Moriarty's ex-wife, and her acting is really dim and dismal here. She really just slogs through her parts and lines (with what little she has) and it doesn't really add or subtract anything to the overall experience of sitting through It's Alive III: Island of the Alive. The main focus this time is really just Jarvis (Moriarty) going through the throes of the courtroom to testify for or against what is going on with his baby, and of course it's locked up in a cage with a chain around it's neck. He makes a spectacle out of this when the judge orders for it to be brought out for everyone to see, and then the judge puts through the idea that all of these mutated children should be shipped off to an island away from the rest of the world so they can grow and thrive without harming anyone. That's where the "island" part of the film comes from. And then a group of hunters are sent to the island to kill them and dispose of them to snuff out their existence. I'm sure you zits and zombies can already conclude what happens after they arrive on the island.

Baby's first meal is cop-food!

Michael Moriarty and Karen Black? Hell yeah!

 I'm not for killing babies, but in this case a baby death squad is a good idea.

Damn-that baby bent right through those steel bars.

She's a commando in the streets and a revolutionary under the sheets.

Isolate the babies on an island. That's the ticket.

Why did you drop your gun you fool?

There's always gotta be a twist to make some money.

Jarvis is such a dick-I love it!

"We should have brought toys and balloons-kids love clowns."

 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive is not even close to being a flawless production, but out of the three it's the most entertaining. Jarvis doesn't give a good goddamn about anyone around him and just wants to see that his child is ok-even if it is highly disfigured. If you sit back and analyze it a little bit, it's kind of the classic idea that we as humans are afraid of what we don't understand, so we shun and throw rocks until the time comes where whatever it is is accepted and we come to terms with it not being as bad as we originally thought. High art this is not, It's Alive III is the only one of the three that is watchable more than once and seems to get better with each sitting. Zits and zombies, now that this trilogy is on blu-ray and easier to acquire- give all three of them a spin. I'd still say that you'd rather get stuck on an island than to have your wife tell you that she thinks she has to poop. Figure that one out.