Really Surprised!

Nice effects though.

Brilliant and touching

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

After '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' Tobe Hooper was later regarded as one of the best directors in the horror genre in the 1970s. And ''Eaten Alive'', while it's not bad as his rating would suggest, it's worth watching.Neville Brand stars as Jud, a psychopath motel owner in the rural south, and owns an alligator as pet. The problems are: Jud has murderous impulses, and feeds his victims to his alligator! Its thrilling scenes succedd to hold your attention till the end.While panned by critics, ''Eaten Alive'' was better staged than many horrors of those years. The landscapes are nice to look at, and I personally liked the bluish fog and the surroundings of the motel. And it has a great cast for a horror: Western star Stuart Whitman as the Sheriff, an after-Morticia Carolyn Jones as a brothel owner, Mel Ferrer as the father of a dead girl who is then killed by the croc, and future horror star Robert Englund as a sex pervert.By the way, I liked it not that much, but it's still an unusual horror from the 1970s recommended especially to fans to the genre. 6 stars out of 10.

Judd owns a motel in the rural south-he also happens to own a pet alligator which he keeps in a large building on the property. All of this would be fine and well, except that Judd has murderous impulses, and his alligator has a taste for human flesh.Panned by many and beloved by some, "Eaten Alive" likely got a great deal of the flack it did simply by virtue of being Hooper's follow-up to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Make no mistake, "Eaten Alive" comes nowhere near "Chainsaw," but it is a respectably entertaining, morbid, and sometimes darkly funny horror film. It is not at all a frightening film, but it is demented enough to command attention.Where "Chainsaw" reveled in gritty realism, this film is far more elaborately-staged, and features meticulously-designed sets; exterior night scenes are often bathed in bluish fog, and the interiors are lush and colorful. This strips the film of any tangible realism, but does lend it a nightmarish disposition that is reminiscent of television films of the era; it is, however, considerably more violent, offering several on-screen murders bloodshed. The film also boasts a cast of would-be horror royalty, including performances from Robert Englund, Marilyn Burns (returning from "Chainsaw"), and an even-younger Kyle Richards, pre-"Halloween."Overall, "Eaten Alive" is an unusual offering from Hooper, and though not one of his best, it's certainly not one of his worst films, either. The colorful compositions and generally bizarre narrative make it worth watching. It lacks brilliance, but it offers plenty in the way of demented backwater hysterics. 6/10.

Made after the classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) by Tobe Hooper, a weird director. starting with a cult classic and from there on declining into mediocre to worse flicks. Strange as it can be but this one do deliver some creepy moments. It's done by the use of red light and the country music being played on the background at the hotel were the croc lives in a pit. The story is loosely based on real events (Joe Ball) but that's all. It also features well known thespians from that era and the coming of rising star Robert Englund. It's a bit outdated as you see it now because it's slowly build although Neville Brand (Judd) do gives a great performance and it contains nudity it's low on gore. Just made before the great slasher era (1978) it shows. If you just look at Halloween (1978) were no blood is used that one did work on the horror due the atmosphere and The Shape itself. Clearly to see being shot in a studio the effects are a bit laughable too. The croc is easy to spot it isn't a real thing, the wire used toward the end is easy to see when Angie (Kyle Richards) is hanging over the water, and the last minutes a scuba diver can be spot in the pit.But one of the better efforts of Tobe, as I said, due being slow it's hard to watch it until the end without pushing the fast forward. Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

A crazed motel owner murders his guests and feeds them to his pet crocodile in Eaten Alive. It begins with a young girl who is prostituting for the first time. She realizes quickly that she isn't cut out for that lifestyle when a guy named Buck (Robert Englund) gets rough with her. She is thrown out of the brothel and heads to the rundown motel. When Judd the motel manager discovers that she was working as a prostitute, he flips out and murders her, then disposes her body by throwing it to the crocodile in the swamp surrounding the shack. Things get hairy for Judd when that girl's family (as well as other motel guests) arrive and start snooping around. Tobe Hooper directed this film, and he of course did Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Eaten Alive has a lot of the same elements from that film mixed with Hitchcock's Psycho. Neville Brand plays the crazed psychopath Judd to perfection. He is manic and verbally erratic at almost all times, it's really unsettling. When he chases some of the women around in the tight corners of the motel, it's really intense. Hooper was just a marvellous director. The Judd character reminds me a lot of Jim Siedow's character (The Old Man/Drayton Sawyer) from the first two 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' films. There are also parts that are so strange like the father of the little girl who completely loses his mind after seeing his little dog eaten by the crocodile. Normally I would be wondering what the hell those scenes were all about but, in Eaten Alive, EVERYTHING happening is crazy, strange and off-beat. I loved seeing Robert Englund before his Freddy Krueger days, he did a fine job in this film. Marilyn Burns from 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' has a lead role playing pretty much the same character as Sally from that film, and does a terrific job as well. Overall Eaten Alive is a gritty disgusting but intense horror film. The craziness from Judd the motel manager really takes away from the horror of the giant crocodile moving around in the swamp. Watching this movie, you'd almost rather face the croc than Judd!Where the film fails is at tying up loose ends and explaining why Judd was so crazed. And why did no one in the town catch onto his strange behaviour? I find it hard to believe that the prostitute at the beginning was his first victim. Nevertheless, I recommend Eaten Alive to horror fans. It's very intense and brutal, with some gore as well. 7/10