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Eaten Alive

Meet the maniac & his friend.

5.5(208)19761h 31m3

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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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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Tobe Hooper

Produced in

United States of America

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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

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  • W

    Wuchak

    11/18/2019

    3/10

    ***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 …

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    The Movie Diorama

    1/16/2020

    4/10

    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…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/21/2023

    5/10

    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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