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Eaten Alive

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Deep in the swamps of Louisiana, disfigured psychotic Judd (Neville Brand) manages a sleazy, decaying motel. Upon learning that one of his guests is a prostitute, he promptly impales her with a pitchfork and tosses her to the crocodile that stalks the nearby waters. This is just the first in a series of slayings, and, as the croc's belly begins to bulge with victims, people grow suspicious. Outsiders begin to poke around the motel, but Judd simply sees them as more treats for his pet.
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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Jan 11, 2007
C+
[Its] off-the-wall hybridization of Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, specifically), and Lucio Fulci is more often than not sloppy. Go to Full Review
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine Sep 27, 2006
2/4
With an enviable, well-stocked cast of character thespians and a carefully dilapidated motel set, Eaten Alive is all ingredients, no recipe. Go to Full Review
Josh Goller Spectrum Culture Jun 27, 2024
An ineffectual retread of elements that made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre work, rendered artless by the abandonment of that film’s sociocultural subtext and its singular paradox of grindhouse restraint. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Feb 24, 2022
0/4
...an often astonishingly unwatchable endeavor... Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Oct 20, 2020
3/5
Perversely entertaining, Eaten Alive is a unique curiosity piece from the great horror filmmaker Tobe Hooper. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 7, 2020
2.5/4.0
Attained a certain level of cult classic status. Go to Full Review
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B P @Bradster69 2 days ago Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more David G. @RT25716413 Jun 1, 2026 One of my favorite low rent trash b movies See more Ian S @RT48225084 May 3, 2026 Mediocre compared to Hooper's best movies : The Funhouse and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. B Grade exploitation. Boobs, gators and scythes ! Nothing more to be said See more Harry T @harryt9840 Dec 16, 2025 Tobe Hooper’s 1976 follow-up to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the lurid, hallucinatory nightmare that is Eaten Alive (or Death Trap as some know it), doesn't just hold up—it feels perpetually fresh, like a festering wound that refuses to heal. Far from a tired relic of the '70s exploitation boom, this film remains a glorious, fever-dream plunge into Southern-fried psychosis. It’s a movie that demands to be cherished by every true devotee of grime, gore, and genuinely unsettling atmosphere.One of the most immediate and enduring qualities of the film is its sheer, unapologetic high level of blood and gore. Let’s be clear: this is a good thing. Where Chain Saw mastered the art of suggestion, letting your mind fill in the gaps, Eaten Alive delivers on the visceral promise of its premise. You have a crazed, scythe-wielding hotel proprietor, Judd, and his very, very hungry pet crocodile. The gruesome death scenes are an explosion of garish red lighting and sickening See more Nick O @Nicki1985 Jul 6, 2025 Tobe Hooper turns up the insanity in his second flick after Texas Chainsaw. The characters are even more unhinged, set even farther back in the woods and Leatherface gets swapped for a giant crocodile! See more Omar G @RT49327706 Feb 23, 2025 Eaten Alive (1976). The psychotic killer in this film is like Norman Bates from Psycho (1960), Drayton Sawyer the old man and hitchhiker from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). A crocodile devouring victims was plagiarized in the film X (2022), also the use of makeup to appear to be old women as Carolyn Jones did. Directed by Tobe Hooper, the stars Robert Englun, Marilyn Burns, Carolyn Jones, Kyle Richards. There are very attractive females Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, Crystin Sinclaire, Roberta Collins. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Deep in the swamps of Louisiana, disfigured psychotic Judd (Neville Brand) manages a sleazy, decaying motel. Upon learning that one of his guests is a prostitute, he promptly impales her with a pitchfork and tosses her to the crocodile that stalks the nearby waters. This is just the first in a series of slayings, and, as the croc's belly begins to bulge with victims, people grow suspicious. Outsiders begin to poke around the motel, but Judd simply sees them as more treats for his pet.
Director
Tobe Hooper
Producer
Mohammed Rustam
Screenwriter
Alvin Fast, Mohammed Rustam
Production Co
Mars Productions Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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