Starring: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon

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The mutant infants are back, and this time, they’ve been exiled!

The third entry of Larry Cohen’s killer baby saga takes the absurd premise to new levels. At a loss for how to deal with the phenomenon of an increasing population of rabid newborns, the government ships them to a remote tropical island that they can have all to themselves. But if you think that is an easy fix, you’ve got something to learn!

Enter Stephen Jarvis (played with gloriously sweaty conviction by Michael Moriarty), the tormented father of one such mutant baby. Years after the infants were banished, a scientific expedition returns to the island to check in on the toddler terrors—and let’s just say… they’re all grown up now. And very cranky.

With Cohen’s signature mix of biting satire, bizarre family drama, and gooey creature effects, Island of the Alive asks the question: Can mutant babies learn to love… or will they just kill everyone instead?