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Overview
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Writers:
Kim Henkel (screen adaptation) and
Alvin L. Fast (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's out there and he's got murder on his mind! more
Plot:
A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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(58 articles)
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messed up more (74 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Neville Brand | ... | Judd | |
| Mel Ferrer | ... | Harvey Wood | |
| Carolyn Jones | ... | Miss Hattie | |
| Marilyn Burns | ... | Faye | |
| William Finley | ... | Roy | |
| Stuart Whitman | ... | Sheriff Martin | |
| Roberta Collins | ... | Clara | |
| Kyle Richards | ... | Angie | |
| Robert Englund | ... | Buck | |
| Crystin Sinclaire | ... | Libby Wood | |
| Janus Blythe | ... | Lynette (as Janus Blyth) | |
| Betty Cole | ... | Ruby | |
| Sig Sakowicz | ... | Deputy Girth | |
| Ronald W. Davis | ... | Country Boy | |
| Christine Schneider | ... | Waitress |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Brutes and Savages (USA) (alternative title)
Death Trap (UK)
Horror Hotel
Horror Hotel Massacre
Legend of the Bayou
Murder on the Bayou
Slaughter Hotel (USA) (reissue title)
Starlight Slaughter
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Runtime:
91 min | UK:87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Norway:15 (2007) | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:18 | West Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (cut) | Italy:VM18 | Australia:R | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Loosely based on the story of Joe Ball (also known as the Bluebeard from South Texas or the Alligator Man) from Elmendorf, Texas, sometime after Prohibition ended. He owned a bar with an alligator pit serving as an entertainment attraction. Several murders of women ensued, but it was never proven that the flesh found in the pit was human. However, Joe did commit suicide upon possibility of capture. more
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Referenced in "The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist? (#2.4)" (2006) more
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Delirious, surreal, and savage, Tobe Hooper's follow-up to his landmark debut ("Chainsaw" for those not in the know), is one of a kind while bearing the same signature stamp he left with his predecessor. A sheer unrelenting onslaught of pure madness, macabre and dark humor. Although not as entirely successful as Chainsaw, "Eaten Alive" is one messed up little drive in flick with good performances particularly by Brand as the psycho Inn keeper of "Starlight Hotel". Mumbling incoherently through most of his screen time and sputtering gibberish when audible, Neville Brand is eerily convincing. The beginning of this picture owes to Psycho in that you meet a character that you are led to believe is the (no pun intended) titular heroine but is quickly dispatched and we are left with the equally sleazy and\or oddball residents of the locale like ole' country boy Buck (Englund, who's a hoot) or that oddball couple who's dog gets chomped by the gator that lives in the swamp behind the hotel. It's that kind of movie folks so be aware what you're getting into. Creepy, oddball fun.