Eaten Alive

Name: Eaten Alive
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: May 13, 1977
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Carolyn Jones, Crystin Sinclaire, Kyle Richards, Marilyn Burns, Mel Ferrer

1977

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Saguenay Films | Release Date: May 13, 1977 | R

Starring: Carolyn Jones, Crystin Sinclaire, Kyle Richards, Marilyn Burns, Mel Ferrer, Neville Brand, Robert Englund, Roberta Collins, Stuart Whitman, William Finley

Summary: A psychotic redneck, who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.

Director: Tobe Hooper

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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It’s not as grueling as its big brother, but if Chainsaw is a five star movie then Eaten Alive is at least worthy of four. It’s only within the context and confines of Chainsaw and director Tobe Hooper that Eaten Alive seems to fall short of anything at all. On its own the film stands heads and shoulders above many others of the horror genre. Read full review

Doug Brod

Blackly comic elements do little to blunt the unsettling aura created by the garish lighting and intense dentist-drill ”score.” Read full review

Eric Henderson

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

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Although Eaten Alive is not so unusual or terrifying as Texas Chainsaw, Hooper does a fine job of building up the Southern-gothic atmosphere and continues his brilliant use of sound to enhance the sense of unease and suspense. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Lacking the eerie plausibility and stylishness of Chainsaw, yet filled with dead dogs, terrorized children, and bound women, it never transcends its Z-grade origins. It's an interesting footnote, and will likely be of interest to hardcore horror fans, but those looking for a lost masterpiece will likely come away disappointed. Read full review

Adam Lowes

Eaten Alive is plagued by Hooper’s endlessly strange directorial choices, particularly when it comes to getting performances from his leads. His efforts confound rather than disturb. Read full review

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Panchogul

Aug 9, 2020

Un filme aceptable más no asombroso viniendo de alguien que acababa de dirigir La Masacre en Texas, es bizarra y a veces retorcida, dispersa la mayor parte del tiempo pero digna de estar a la altura de un clásico de culto, lo que realmente la hace interesante es que esta inspirada en hechosUn filme aceptable más no asombroso viniendo de alguien que acababa de dirigir La Masacre en Texas, es bizarra y a veces retorcida, dispersa la mayor parte del tiempo pero digna de estar a la altura de un clásico de culto, lo que realmente la hace interesante es que esta inspirada en hechos reales.… Expand

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MisterGore

Jun 17, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sans doute pas la meilleure définition d'un film culte. Peut-être est-il un film culte pour avoir marqué à l'époque de nombreux spectateurs à cause de sa violence et du gore, parce que le gore à l'époque était assez... pas super accepté d'après moi, mais le film reste très mauvais.

Ah mais à un niveau de beauferie on est sur du 88% et à un niveau de gênance on est sur 77%.

Non parce que pendant tout le film on aura le droit à tout, du cul, de la pédophilie, de la violence exercée envers les animaux, des nibards et que de la baise. ça ne fait même pas peur, on s'ennuis, c'est la mort du divertissement, il se passe que dalle, le gore est à un niveau très bas, et puis le film s'appelle "Le Crocodile de la mort", alors que on voit que l'alligator 3 punaise de fois ! A force je m'en foutais de lui pendant tout le visionnage.

Comme si le film était pas déjà assez pervers avec tous les caméraman qui ont le concombre entrain de grandir à chaque qu'ils voient une meuf se déshabiller. Non mais le pire, c'est la gamine où on fait que de voir sa culotte.. rien est caché. C'est malsain, débile, pas intelligent.

Tobe Hooper s'est bien lâché, mais moi ça m'a pas plu.

Et puis la bande son, catastrophique... pratiquement toutes les musiques sont des grincements, qui te cassent plus les tympans que de te faire peur.

Conclusion : Un long-métrage catastrophique ne représentant absolument pas le genre de l'horreur, mais d'une part le genre malsain, bref.. 1/5… Expand

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