Eaten Alive
“Meet the maniac & his friend.”
A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those who upset him or his business, and then feeds their remains to his pet crocodile in the swamp beside his hotel.
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Cast
23 people
Neville Brand
Judd
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Riot in Cell Block 11
Mel Ferrer
Harvey Wood
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The Visitor
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Carolyn Jones
Miss Hattie
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The Addams Family
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Marilyn Burns
Faye
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Butcher Boys
William Finley
Roy
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Phantom of the Paradise
Sisters
Stuart Whitman
Sheriff Martin
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
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Robert Englund
Buck
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy vs. Jason
Roberta Collins
Clara
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Death Race 2000
Caged Heat
Kyle Richards
Angie
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Halloween
ER
Crystin Sinclaire
Libby Wood
Known for
Caged Heat
Janus Blythe
Lynette
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The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
The Incredible Melting Man
David Hayward
The Cowboy
Known for
Nashville
Eve of Destruction
Tobe Hooper Director · Alvin L. Fast Screenplay Mardi Rustam Screenplay
Budget $520K · United States release May 13, 1977 · Produced in United States
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$520,000
Production
Mars Production Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · December 25, 1976
Theatrical
United States · May 13, 1977
Theatrical
Australia
February 1, 1984 · Physical
April 28, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Germany
February 21, 1980 · Theatrical
May 30, 2005 · Digital · First Edition
Italy
June 30, 1977 · Theatrical
New Zealand
December 1, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Türkiye
February 17, 1979 · Theatrical
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