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This film and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) were intended to go straight to video, but were given a limited theatrical release first.
Larry Cohen later said the film began when he went to Warner Bros with André De Toth and pitched them the idea of remaking House of Wax (1953). Warner was not interested. However the studio wanted Cohen to make a film for their video division. Cohen was only willing to do this if Warner would pay for two films, to be shot back-to-back. Warner agreed. The two films were sequels to It's Alive (1974), and Salem's Lot (1979), both had built-in name recognition ideal for the straight-to-video market. It was Cohen's third It's Alive film. "I thought if I was going to make a third movie, I had to follow this story through to some kind of new and satisfying resolution. So, I asked myself some questions: what are these babies like as adults? What is the monster going to look like when it physically develops and ages? I thought those were important questions to answer and deal with. Otherwise, there was no point in making the movie if I was just going to have a load of monster babies running around again, killing people. The second film was, to a degree, different from the first because the protagonists were trying to save the monsters. In the third film, we got all of the monster birth stuff out of the way in the prologue and gave the audience their horror. The rest of the movie was more of an exploration of Jarvis' character and the progress of the monster children. I thought that differentiation from the events of the previous pictures made Island of the Alive a worthwhile project".
The opening cab sequence was used in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988) as footage from a murdered director's filmography to show the kind of movies he was making. "More people probably saw this sequence as part of Dirty Harry than saw it as part of It's Alive III."
The woman asking for Stephen's autograph is played by Elizabeth Sanders, second wife to Bob Kane, the creator of Batman.
The scene where Sally sleeps with Stephen and then discovers he fathered one of the mutant babies made some people think it was a reference to HIV. "It was fully intended." He thinks horror movies are ideal for adding serious commentary while still maintaining the entertainment value.
"Stephen Jarvis: You know, you're very beautiful. Maybe it's the environment, but you turn me on. And I could turn you on, too. You've seen my kid, haven't you? That's just a glimpse of the animal in me."
"Stephen Jarvis: You guys are taking a hell of a risk. Second Cuban: they wouldn't pay any attention to us what we have to say. First Cuban: We're commies. Second Cuban: You're Just a lunatic. Stephen Jarvis: should I tell them how I got here? First Cuban: They wouldn't believe that. Stephen Jarvis: Why are you doing this? Second Cuban: Haven't you heard? We're human beings. Stephen Jarvis: you know some people might want to know about that First Cuban: No they wouldn't. Second Cuban: we're lucky we heard that report on the radio about the fishing boat and the bodies [shakes Jarvis's hand] Second Cuban: Buenas Tardes. Stephen Jarvis: maybe I'll see you in Havana someday. First Cuban: maybe you'll see us in Mexico City or Tijuana. Stephen Jarvis: don't bet on it. Second Cuban: [gives Jarvis a handgun] here. Take this. Stephen Jarvis: This is strange, a Cuban giving an American a gun. First Cuban: A Russian gun, Do you know how to handle it? Stephen Jarvis: I was an actor, I fired off a lot of blanks. Second Cuban: These aren't blanks. Stephen Jarvis: Adios. Second Cuban: Good luck with your kid, Maybe you won't have to shoot him."
