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Eaten Alive

1976 ·1h 31m · ★ 5.5 (197)

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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Director

Tobe Hooper Tobe Hooper
19 horror films in catalog
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Eaten Alive
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Lifeforce
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The Mangler
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Crocodile
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Toolbox Murders
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Mortuary
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Dance of the Dead
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The Damned Thing
The Damned Thing 2006
Djinn
Djinn 2013

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
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Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorCannibalismDehumanizationTortureAnimal Harm
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TMDB Keywords

animal horrorbackwoodsmacabrepsychoticredneckvideo nasty

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