Eaten Alive
| Eaten Alive | |
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| Directed by | Tobe Hooper |
| Written by | Kim Henkel Alvin L. Fast Mardi Rustam |
| Produced by | Alvin L. Fast Larry Huly Robert Kantor Mardi Rustam Mohammed Rustam Samir Rustam |
| Starring | Neville Brand Mel Ferrer Carolyn Jones Marilyn Burns William Finley Stuart Whitman |
| Cinematography | Robert Caramico |
| Edited by | Michael Brown |
| Music by | Wayne Bell Tobe Hooper |
Production company | Mars Productions Corporation |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Eaten Alive (known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Horror Hotel, and Starlight Slaughter, and stylized on the poster as Eaten Alive!) is a 1976 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, and written by Kim Henkel, Alvin L. Fast, and Mardi Rustam.
The film stars Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Roberta Collins, Robert Englund, William Finley, Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, and Kyle Richards. Brand plays Judd, a psychotic hotel proprietor in a Southern bayou, who feeds those who upset him to a large crocodile that lives in a swamp beside the hotel.
Although the film did not receive a warm reception when it was released, it has gained a cult following in its time, and with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974, Eaten Alive helped Hooper advance in his career, allowing him to direct his first major studio film, The Funhouse, in 1981.