It's a mutant baby & It's Alive
Larry Cohen is not known for style, nor gruesome effects, or even good horror. Most of his films can be easily overlooked and have been. He's not likely to acquire a lifetime achievement award or any accolades for horror. He has made a better name for himself in the last decade as a screenwriter of a few mainstream hits such as Phone Booth and Cellular, and while these films make him more money than anything he directed they don't have the power of his horror fare. His directed films speak volumes about society. Comparisons can be drawn between Cohen and Romero in this regard, but Cohen is often a bit more subtle. Cohen began his filmmaking career interestingly enough working within the blacksploitation sub-genre. His first feature film was Bone made in 1972, then Black Caesar in 1973. As all the films within the sub-genre they featured a dominate black male figure. Bone is a thug who breaks into a white couple's...