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Eaten Alive (1976)

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Reviews Counted:11

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Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: From legendary horror director Hooper comes this witty, nasty tale of sex-crazed, homicidal hotel owner in the Louisiana bayou (Neville Brand) who develops a habit of feeding his victims of choice... From legendary horror director Hooper comes this witty, nasty tale of sex-crazed, homicidal hotel owner in the Louisiana bayou (Neville Brand) who develops a habit of feeding his victims of choice to famished crocodiles. Look for an early appearance from Englund, the man who became Freddy Krueger. An Academy of Science Fiction and Horror nominee. [More]

Starring: Mel Ferrer, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand

Starring: Mel Ferrer, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand, Robert Englund, Marilyn Burns, William Finley

Director: Tobe Hooper

Director: Tobe Hooper
Screenwriter: Kim Henkel

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Oct 22, 1999

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With an enviable, well-stocked cast of character thespians and a carefully dilapidated motel set, Eaten Alive is all ingredients, no recipe.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
09/27/06
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

will always be more of a curiosity piece than a truly satisfying movie in and of itself

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
02/27/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Hooper's sophomore effort, which had a bigger budget but is lesser-known, repeats the same basic formula.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

[Its] off-the-wall hybridization of Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, specifically), and Lucio Fulci is more often than not sloppy.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
01/11/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Just something that those with a morbid curiosity for the unusual in sleaze might not be able to pass on.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/04/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

This bayou-set, thinly imagined Psycho knock-off is little more than a derisible piece of slasher mayhem, notable for Tobe Hooper's association and costar Roberta Collins' assertion that star Neville Brand later tried to sexually assault her.

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
09/23/06
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

One is tempted to wonder aloud if drugs and booze didn't actually direct this relatively woeful flick.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
07/10/06
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com

The movie is called Eaten Alive, but we get very little in terms of dinner and dessert in the horror department.

Full Review Source: Horror.com | comment Comment
09/07/06
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

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10/18/08
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken
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07/09/09
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05/24/03
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01/26/06
Time Out

Above average horror from Hooper with a satiric bent

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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06/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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