- Format: Special Edition, NTSC
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Mpi ( Sma )
- Release Date: Sep 26 2006
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000FS9FDU
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#82,811 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #94 in DVD > Horror > Independently Distributed
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3.0 out of 5 stars
disc delayed,
By Manuel Prince (Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eaten Alive (DVD)
Just a reminder to anyone looking to buy this special edition dvd of Eaten Alive: Originally to be released on september 26th (like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Ultimate Edition),Dark Sky Films has decided to postpone the release. Reason: they have apparently discovered a pristine print of the film. So, they want to create an improved transfer for the dvd. Also, it will give them time to record an audio commentary with Tobe Hooper. A new street date should be announced shortly.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Killer and the Croc.,
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This review is from: Eaten Alive (Widescreen) (DVD)
EATEN ALIVE is Tobe Hooper's 2nd movie to date, made 3 years after his previous work: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. DETAILS. Just like THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, EATEN ALIVE is yet another movie based (very loosely) on a true story. I heard it was inspired by a bar owner named Joe Ball, who kept a pool of alligators in his bar, and it was rumored that he often fed his patrons to these gators. When the police came to question him, Ball killed himself. PLOT. Tobe Hooper VERY loosely bases this incident in EATEN ALIVE. The story is about a deranged, nerdy person named Judd who runs a motel called Starlight in the middle of a swamp. When guests check into his motel, he murders them with a sythe and feeds their bodies to his ferocious, pet crocodile. Neville Brand (Judd) delivers an insane performance, he's crazier than the Old Man (from TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), but not quite as frightening and disturbing as Leather-Face. Marylin Burns even makes an appearance in here, too (she was the heroine, Sally Hardesty; also from TCM). Also, be on the lookout for Robert Englund as Buck (...) (he would later play Freddy Krueger in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET). The crocodile effects could've used a little work though, the croc looks about as real as Barney the dinosaur.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Southern Scyth/Croc Massacre,
By Lunar Strain "Thrash, don't mind if I do" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eaten Alive (Widescreen) (DVD)
This is considered to be director Tobe Hooper's "Lost" film. This could be because "Eaten Alive" was released under so many alternate titles...or it could be as simple as this film just isn't that great. Tobe Hooper seems to be with this film trying to create the same tension he did with his stunning Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but fails. Eaten Alive is actually very similar to TCM in many ways. Stray vistors vistit a remote hotel (not a farm house)only to be slayed by a psycho (not Leatherface) with a scyth (not a chainsaw) and then fed to his pet croc (not served up for supper). Neville Brand does a good job portraying the psychotic hotel owner, but his character does not seem to come off near as scary or relentless as the legendary Leatherface. I can see way Tobe Hooper decided to make this film. TCM was such a hit that he probably felt it to be safer to try to copy his success rather than try something different. Sadly this film disappeared from the box office never to be heard from again until the Elite DVD release. The DVD presention is very good, considering how rare this film is. It does have some scratches and color disortions, but its acceptable since the original negative probably hasn't been stored in the best of conditions over the years (it was probably stored in Tobe's basment until one day he decided to blow the dust off of it). This film is still a good buy for the curious horror fans out there. On the up side about the film, I like how Tobe Hooper tried to "liven" up the film by using some unique lighting effects. These lighting effects are very similar to Dario Argento's Suspiria with the bright red and blues. Many consider Dario Argento to have started that whole "unique" lighting effect stuff, but Tobe Hooper actually beat him to the punch by two years! Maybe Eaten Alive was released before "artsy" horror films became popular.
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