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Eaten Alive (movie)
A film by Tobe Hooper
Tobe Hooper's second film. The film's plot was inspired by serial killer Joe Ball who feed his victims' remains to an alligator. AKA Horror Hotel, Death Trap and Starlight Slaughter.
Cast:
Marilyn Burns,
Carolyn Jones,
Mel Ferrer,
Neville Brand,
Stuart Whitman,
Robert Englund,
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Director:
Tobe Hooper
Genre:
Horror
Release Date:
May, 1977
MPAA Rating:
R
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*** out of **** Tobe Hooper's "Eaten Alive" is a film so tasteless and sleazy that literally the first few words of dialogue spoken are by Robert Englund as Buck, who is as he says, "fixin' to fuck". You might recognize this line of dialogue because it was slightly altered by Quentin Tarantino for his film "Kill Bill: Volume 1". So you see, in spite of the obvious shit - yes, the film is bad, bad, bad all around and there's literally nothing morally redeemable about it -, … more
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Eaten Alive (1977) is one of the most overlooked and under-appreciated films. Maybe the critics and fans were disenchanted with it because they were probably expecting a film in the vein of Tobe Hooper's first film Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE. In many retrospects the films are similar. They both feature dying, old ways of life (privately owned slaughter houses, roadside motels with sideshow exhibits). The film's main character is Judd, the proprietor of the Starlight … more
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