It's Alive (1974)
In 1973 Larry Cohen was enjoying the success of Black Caesar , one of the key blaxploitation films, and was working on its sequel, Hell Up in Harlem . While making that movie Cohen also decided to make a horror film. Featuring a couple dealing with a killer baby, It's Alive resulted in Cohen becoming primarily known as a horror director. Frank (John P. Ryan) and Lenore Davis (Sharon Farrell) are expecting a second child. It was kind of a surprise baby as they are approaching later life, but they decide to keep it. They ship their child Chris (Daniel Holzman) over to his uncle Charley (William Wellman Jr.) for a few days while Lenore heads to the hospital. During labor, she becomes concerned. When she was in labor with Chris, at least according to Frank, it was only 45 minutes. This time it seems to be taking longer, and the baby is a lot bigger. Still, the doctor goes for a live birth. While Frank is waiting, he sees one of the doctors stumble out of the maternity w