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 Eaten Alive [1976] (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1976 / Suitable for 18 years and over / Director: Tobe Hooper / Actors: Carolyn ... more  Eaten Alive [1976] (DVD) ... Jones, Neville Brand, Stuart Whitman, Mel Ferrer, Robert Englund ... / DVD released 2008-02-18 at Video International / Features of the DVD: PALNewest Review: ... thrown into an unrealistic situation; Eaten Alive has cliché characters interacting with other clichés. The hotel - the ... more ... location for almost all of the film - has none of the horrific ambience it should have. It's far too obviously a sinister hotel - it needs that Bates Motel outwardly-normal vibe to be truly sinister. Only the wallpaper is banal enough to be scary. And there's no explanation for why so many people decide to stay at such an obviously shabby place - especially the family whose dog has just been eaten by Judd's crocodile, and who only stopped to use the toilet! The hotel exterior is obviously a studio set, which is jus...more |
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Eaten Alive [1976] (DVD): You Check In Alive... But Check Out Dead! (887 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 20.04.08 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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A review of the Video International DVD. This should not under any circumstances be confused with the unpleasant cannibal film of the same name directed by Umberto Lenzi. This is a horror film from 1977, director Tobe Hooper's next film after the classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was on the video nasty list (under the name Death Trap), although it's pretty harmless. It's a great disappointment when compared to Texas Chainsaw, but it is moderately enjoyable on its own terms. At a remote hotel in the bayou a crazy old guy named Judd is murdering guests and feeding them to his crocodile. That's more or less the whole of the plot; the first victim's ...
