Eaten Alive (1976)

Directed by

Tobe Hooper

Genre

horror film, splatter film, slasher film, thriller film, exploitation film, natural horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R 18+

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 203 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man runs a rundown hotel in the Louisiana bayou. If a guest annoys him, he kills them and feeds them to a large crocodile living in the swamp nearby.

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What happens

Eaten Alive (known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Horror Hotel, and Starlight Slaughter, and stylized on the poster as Eaten Alive!) is a 1976 American exploitation slasher horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, from a screenplay by Kim Henkel, Alvin L. Fast, and Mardi Rustam. It stars Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Roberta Collins, Robert Englund, William Finley, Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, and Kyle Richards. The film centers on Judd (Brand), a psychotic hotel proprietor in a Southern bayou, who feeds those who upset him to a large crocodile that lives in a swamp beside the hotel. The story is loosely based on Joe Ball, a Texas murderer and suspected serial killer from the late 1930s. Although the film did not receive a warm reception when it was released, it has gained a cult following in its time, and with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974, Eaten Alive helped Hooper advance in his career, allowing him to direct his first major studio film, The Funhouse, in 1981. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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