

Eaten Alive
Meet the maniac & his friend.
A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those who upset him or his business, and then feeds their remains to his pet crocodile in the swamp beside his hotel.
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5.5/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $520K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- redneck
- backwoods
- psychotic
- macabre
- video nasty
- animal horror
- splatter horror
- blood and gore
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical13 May 1977
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalR 18+1 Feb 1984
- PhysicalR 18+DVD28 Apr 2004
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1821 Feb 1980
- Digital / OTT18First Edition30 May 2005
ItalyIT
- Theatrical30 Jun 1977
JapanJP
- Theatrical25 Dec 1976
New ZealandNZ
- PhysicalR16DVD1 Dec 2004
TürkiyeTR
- Theatrical17 Feb 1979
Frequently asked questions
Eaten Alive was released on 25 December 1976.
Audience reviews
3- W3/10
Wuchak
11/18/2019
***After the success of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” Hooper delivers a sleazy DUD*** The crazy dirtbag manager of a rundown hotel in east Texas (Neville Brand) threatens his clients if they upset him and feeds them to his pet croc. The cast includes notables like Mel Ferrer, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones and a young Robert Englund. Despite the presence of the croc, “Eaten Alive” (1976) is more of a slasher flick …
- T4/10
The Movie Diorama
1/16/2020
Eaten Alive devours its chance of being a credible creature feature by rarely showing its toothy puppetry. Cult horror is typically hit or miss with my taste in cinema. Quite often, I’ll appreciate and/or understand the adoration for a flick that ages finer that a campy bloody drag act. Conversely, my mind is baffled in the reasoning behind such fondness at the best of times. Hooper’s subsequent work after the impecc…
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
7/21/2023
Yikes, what was Mel Ferrer thinking when accepted the, admittedly brief, part in this nonsense? Neville Brand plays well, though, as the eccentric old-timer "Judd" who keeps a ramshackle old motel right beside a creek in which lives his caged-in pet alligator. Despite being in the back of beyond, this little establishment receives it's fair share of visitors and well, yes - you can guess the rest. Meantime, Ferrer - …
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