Eaten Alive (1977)
A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people whom upset him or his business, and feeds their bodies to a large crocodile he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel. (imdb)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Written By: Kim Henkel, Mardi Rustam, Alvin L. Fast
Starring: Robert Englund, Marilyn Burns, Carolyn Jones, William Finley, Mel Ferrer, Neville Brand, Stuart Whitman, Kyle Richards, Janus Blythe
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1. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 46 stars)
2. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 36 stars)
3. B-Movie (public - 15 stars)
4. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
5. Synth soundtrack or score (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 8 stars)
6. An exploitation independent checklist (from Nightmare USA) (public: moderated by edkrak - 3 stars)
7. The Films Mentioned In American Grindhouse (2010) (public: moderated by Coheed - 2 stars)
8. Eco-terror (public: moderated by mattburgess - 2 stars)
9. IMDB Ratings (public: moderated by notyou)
10. Movies With Killer Crocodiles (public: moderated by piraiba2017)
11. Netflix Watch Instantly (private: dgeiser13 - 2 stars)
12. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (book) (private: Ag0stoMesmer - 1 star)
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| Jan 28 |  |
Gymnopedie | 60 33% |
| Jan 19 |  |
JH3 | 65 49% |
| Jan 09 |  |
Tiago Vieira | 70 40% |
| Oct 29, 2020 |  |
PepeCamello | 30 12% |
| Oct 24, 2020 | Lonewolf2003 | 38 2% |
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Eaten Alive tries to replicate the successful creepiness and terror of TCM but fails miserabel. It is over lit and obviously filmed at a sound-stage, diminishing the sleazy eerie atmosphere trough its artificialness. It's all made worse by a scattered unfocused plot without a clear protagonist, depriving the movie of any tension. Only thing that's left are some gruesome kills by an overacting murderer and his fake pet crocodile.
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| Oct 23, 2020 | Kylos609 | 75 32% |
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| Oct 14, 2020 | vesuvius | 61 54% |
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| Oct 13, 2020 | Tarnop | 65 24% |
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| Sep 02, 2020 | shanebarlow3 | 72 59% |
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| Aug 20, 2020 | tyoda | 52 57% |
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| Jul 30, 2020 | placestogo | 35 8% |
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| Jul 09, 2020 | RoyalB | 70 51% |
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| Jun 24, 2020 | mjoc0723 | 30 17% |
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| May 10, 2020 | am4 | 87 85% |
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| Apr 12, 2020 |  |
cometjo | 5 91% |
| Apr 11, 2020 |  |
moonsmilk | 7 39% |
| Apr 09, 2020 | Italo | 1 0% |
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| Mar 28, 2020 | KingBread | 45 12% |
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| Mar 24, 2020 | toro913 | 20 9% |
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| Jan 20, 2020 |  |
mnzeric | 10 97% |
| Dec 08, 2019 |  |
trvsdjhnsn | 5 75% |
| Nov 27, 2019 |  |
julesfmb | 69 76% |
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If you liked Texas Chainsaw, you'll probably enjoy this. Chances increase in case you also like Texas Chainsaw II.
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| Nov 11, 2019 | flipperrbm | 7 87% |
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| Nov 03, 2019 |  |
laika | 40 9% |
| Oct 29, 2019 |  |
Calaca94 | 29 5% |
| Oct 29, 2019 |  |
jbyn | 38 3% |
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I was hoping for this to be a good bad movie, but instead it was a boring bad movie. Though the general story line worked, the beats dragged out for unjustified periods of time. I thought this may have been a Texas Chainsaw prototype and was befuddled to learn it was created as a follow up.
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| Oct 13, 2019 | dracular | 40 33% |
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| Oct 08, 2019 | Jesus Rollin | 4 20% |
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| Sep 25, 2019 | kjones77 | 50 12% |
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| Sep 03, 2019 |  |
wintersunset | 70 62% |
| Jul 27, 2019 | elimpe | 55 15% |
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| Jun 27, 2019 | mbramhald13 | 40 7% |
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| Jun 22, 2019 |  |
TimeCapsule | 48 37% |
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Tobe Hooper disappointingly follows-up "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"(1974) with this low-rent, frenzied exploitation/slasher, that never goes full-blown fever dream, nor really gets exactly campy. Although Neville Brand shines as the crazy "Judd," the film's overbearing score, atmosphere, and characters unfortunately, made the movie far more grating than unnerving. While some of Hooper's style may have come together in flashes, overall, this East Texas-"Psycho"(1960) never quite clicked for me.
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| Jun 02, 2019 | knives | 70 35% |
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| May 24, 2019 |  |
Gymnopedies | 60 35% |
| Mar 22, 2019 |  |
DarrenCB | 60 26% |
| Feb 20, 2019 |  |
chadisdanger | 63 13% |
| Feb 03, 2019 | pier.croce | 85 21% |
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| Dec 18, 2018 |  |
AFlickering | 5 79% |
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the aggressively synthetic, claustrophobic, sleazy yin to TCM's yang. a deranged, mumbling hotel clerk straight out of PSYCHO (although bates never had to multitask like this poor bastard), his purgatorial hick hotel in precarious disrepair atop a croc-infested abyss, suspended in a shroud of fog and dingy primary colors and assaultive, cacophonous sounds. lovemaking is harmonised with the screams of mother and child; for the reptile to feed, the mammal must suffer. william finley is next level.
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| Dec 06, 2018 | mathiasa | 50 41% |
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| Nov 05, 2018 |  |
MaxVonSydow | 40 15% |
| Aug 09, 2018 |  |
Fritz Fass | 90 93% |
| Jul 31, 2018 |  |
EduardoH.P | 84 37% |
| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
CMQuinn | 90 88% |
| Jun 28, 2018 |  |
hotsake | 45 28% |
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A lot of people seem to really like this movie but I’m not sure why. The cinematography was bad, like a cheap Argento wannabe. The acting was terrible and maybe a lot of that was how idiotic the characters were written. I wanted the little girl to die so badly as she was really annoying. There some good kills and I could see some TCM like qualities shining through at time but ultimately I didn’t enjoy this.
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| Jun 22, 2018 |  |
FreddieQuell | 21 11% |
| Apr 23, 2018 | chone | 10 2% |
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| Apr 22, 2018 | AaronSnover | 35 4% |
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| Apr 16, 2018 | AchwellFoley | 68 71% |
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| Apr 13, 2018 | benrad | 75 45% |
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| Apr 12, 2018 |  |
driscarpin | 81 70% |
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Filmaço, a iluminação do filme lembra muito o que Bava fazia, e os personagens realmente insanos levam o conceito de slasher às últimas consequências. Prestem atenção na presença de Carolyn Jones que definitivamente não reconheci. Box Tobe Hooper Obras primas do Cinema
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| Apr 09, 2018 | deadbill | 55 7% |
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| Feb 20, 2018 | DLawrence | 75 40% |
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| Feb 17, 2018 | coldesser | 50 9% |
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| Jan 28, 2018 |  |
Yiannos | 53 31% |
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More redneck themed madness from Hooper, only this time the results are less tense than TCM, less overtly wild than TCM 2, and less stylish and imaginative than Funhouse, which is a far superior blend of frights and lunacy. E.A features his trademark lighting, but it's a full on exploitation film with chintzy sets (garishly lit in a way that calls attention to their cheapness) and a comically fake looking crocodile. How much of this was intentional is anyone's guess, but it has its moments.
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| Jan 15, 2018 | Znep27 | 70 67% |
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| Jan 01, 2018 | panchovilla | 25 12% |
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| Dec 24, 2017 |  |
edkrak | 75 73% |
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It's not TCM, but it's a mad psychotic experience. Sometimes a bit over the top but still facinating.
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| Dec 02, 2017 |  |
jgreenwood | 30 6% |
| Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 30 3% |
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| Nov 23, 2017 |  |
djross | 30 12% |
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An attempt to revive the sense of deranged frenzy Hooper achieved in TEXAS, with similarly cackling murderers and dissonant music and sound effects, but on a studio set that a generous interpretation might say was deliberately artificial. Mostly, however, the film comes across as a rough caricature of that earlier film and also of PSYCHO (so it amounts to a cross-pollination between two different treatments of the Ed Gein case, even though the inspiration is supposedly the legend of Joe Ball).
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| Nov 23, 2017 | Alex.Wald | 82 69% |
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| Nov 14, 2017 |  |
DaniFoulle | 73 55% |
| Oct 11, 2017 | JohnPaul821 | 75 61% |
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| Oct 07, 2017 |  |
ForrestQ | 80 73% |
| Oct 06, 2017 |  |
Darren | 76 65% |
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I love horror films like this. Where the aesthetics of the film(the deranged nightmarish south set with lush visuals, sexual deviants and off kilter country tunes all mashed together in a claustrophobic motel ) set the mood and play a bigger role in the mood than the writing or the characters developing really. But that's not to under value the performances especially the one by Neville Brand who is just as bananas as Leatherface to me. This is filmmaking without a budget.
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| Oct 03, 2017 |  |
Seethruskin | 4 52% |
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Obviously it ain't the greatness of TCSM, but it's still pretty good. Pure trashy cinema, lit like it's supposed to be a red light district.
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| Sep 01, 2017 |  |
exolstice | 68 13% |
| Sep 01, 2017 |  |
BillyShears | 65 42% |
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Entire movie is lit by a red light district sex bulb.
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| Aug 14, 2017 | dean_ | 8 56% |
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| May 03, 2017 |  |
terrymac | 47 16% |
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By no means a great movie, but its studio set location, garish use of colour, oddball characters and relentless use of sound give it a certain quality - it's pretty exhausting to sit through. There's a nod to Psycho at the start, perhaps Hooper returning to the Gein-shaped well he'd profited from in the past, but there isn't much Hitchcockian craft on show here. Worth checking out, but lower your expectations.
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| Apr 22, 2017 | DPIW73 | 30 7% |
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| Mar 12, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 57 37% |
| Jan 27, 2017 |  |
gwynplaine | 75 38% |
| Nov 25, 2016 |  |
LB94 | 75 36% |
| Oct 09, 2016 |  |
robot2xl | 70 8% |
| Sep 12, 2016 |  |
Vansteph | 47 0% |
| Jul 12, 2016 | ribtin | 58 24% |
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| Apr 10, 2016 | sgb | 50 21% |
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| Feb 11, 2016 | Ildorio10 | 60 16% |
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| Feb 09, 2016 |  |
hotdishtv () | 33 4% |
| Dec 28, 2015 |  |
pyrosexual | 84 72% |
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Not too far removed from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, both in quality and execution
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| Dec 03, 2015 |  |
r/TrueFilm | 70 29% |
| Nov 08, 2015 |  |
TraverseTown | 25 10% |
| Oct 25, 2015 |  |
kylie | 45 30% |
| Jul 20, 2015 | WilliamOTyle | 10 0% |
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| Jul 13, 2015 | M-B-M | 2 7% |
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| May 28, 2015 | glm01 | 42 5% |
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42.000
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| May 13, 2015 | preppy-3 | 60 38% |
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| May 06, 2015 |  |
porzano | 28 9% |
| Apr 21, 2015 | 10kfilms | 27 20% |
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| Apr 11, 2015 |  |
paah | 50 18% |
| Mar 11, 2015 | elbichosucio | 87 31% |
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| Mar 08, 2015 |  |
Vdecraim | 65 31% |
| Mar 03, 2015 |  |
Mr.Olivier | 89 91% |
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Weird nightmarish vibe through the whole thing, just like I like it.
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| Dec 05, 2014 |  |
TheDude1973 | 70 56% |
| Oct 29, 2014 |  |
TrixRabbi | 65 21% |
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Great, almost theatrical visuals. But everyone's a bit too much of a stark-raving lunatic. It comes together in an odd, imperfect way. But it's still fun in a dark, gritty manner. Doesn't give you the same feeling of needing a shower like Texas Chainsaw, but grim and seedy nonetheless.
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| Jul 14, 2014 |  |
SDPlissken | 50 57% |
| Mar 22, 2014 |  |
KosmoCramer | 70 45% |
| Feb 09, 2014 |  |
ChrisReynold | 54 18% |
| Feb 03, 2014 |  |
bizarre_eye | 53 22% |
| Dec 10, 2013 |  |
mewcifur | 56 18% |
| Oct 20, 2013 |  |
Wolfbrother | 45 1% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | CrazyJim9380 | 83 80% |
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| Sep 07, 2013 |  |
notyou | 70 60% |
| Aug 26, 2013 |  |
kingofjew | 76 68% |
| Aug 08, 2013 | Barkinson | 40 21% |
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| Aug 01, 2013 |  |
JooJoo | 5 80% |
| Jul 21, 2013 | donquixotic | 60 51% |
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| Jul 15, 2013 |  |
soraxtm | 60 32% |
| Jul 09, 2013 | Evan Waters | 90 63% |
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| May 31, 2013 | Mattsdmf | 70 41% |
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| Apr 23, 2013 |  |
hatandbeard | 80 64% |
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the cinematic equivalent of an EYEHATEGOD album.
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| Apr 22, 2013 |  |
Roz | 45 19% |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Cronos | 60 59% |
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| Jan 20, 2013 | donofthedead | 92 89% |
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| Jan 07, 2013 |  |
Carlospro | 65 28% |
| Oct 29, 2012 |  |
Cerebrus | 40 17% |
| Oct 06, 2012 |  |
Kalle85 | 30 17% |
| Sep 28, 2012 | revolverjgw | 75 13% |
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| Jul 23, 2012 |  |
filmaffinity | 47 14% |
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Mochard | 41 9% |
| Apr 02, 2012 | glm | 44 10% |
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| Mar 30, 2012 | filmcricket | 48 33% |
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| Mar 14, 2012 | YeahTrux | 60 35% |
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| Feb 14, 2012 |  |
Zoltan | 70 72% |
| Feb 13, 2012 |  |
vwgregov | 50 11% |
| Feb 13, 2012 | bernala | 72 14% |
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| Feb 07, 2012 |  |
Paxton | 62 39% |
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Not your mainstream movie right here. Not by any account.
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| Jan 08, 2012 |  |
avgcrtckr | 39 23% |
| Dec 25, 2011 |  |
sirphibes | 78 76% |
| Nov 26, 2011 |  |
aaronwhat | 70 38% |
| Nov 15, 2011 |  |
chmul_cr0n | 67 45% |
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kinda stupid, but awesome effects.
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| Oct 04, 2011 |  |
mightysparks | 40 15% |
| Sep 26, 2011 | NRM03 | 44 15% |
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| Aug 12, 2011 | comanchex | 65 33% |
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| Jul 15, 2011 | Zering | 85 62% |
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| Apr 24, 2011 | Coheed | 70 59% |
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It is a no budget exploitation film, and yet despite its obvious flaws and a giant plastic crocodile, it has an intensity to it that few horror films have. Whether its Neville Brand and his deranged mutterings or the freaky use of sound and music, combining anything from country music to screams for up to three layers of noise, it has a madness that makes it far better than it should be, just like with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and why that film is as good as it is.
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| Apr 11, 2011 |  |
TheDenizen | 70 63% |
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Neville Brand stars as a crazy old coot who owns a shabby motel on the edge of a swamp, who has a nasty habit of attacking his guests with a scythe and feeding them to his pet crocodile. There's plenty of gore and Brand rambling incoherently for long takes, and Hooper concocts a strong feeling of insanity and creepiness with next to no budget. The man eating croc looks super fake, though. Bit part for Robert Englund as redneck stud/troublemaker Buck: "My name is Buck, and I'm here to fuck."
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| Mar 10, 2011 |  |
Detox | 24 7% |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Bavafreak | 80 63% |
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| Feb 10, 2011 |  |
borislugosi | 55 15% |
| Feb 06, 2011 | Janne | 55 40% |
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| Jan 09, 2011 |  |
sweevo | 75 34% |
| Oct 12, 2010 | lostinlodos | 70 40% |
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| Oct 10, 2010 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 53 10% |
| Sep 27, 2010 | aaaaaaarrggg | 57 46% |
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Hooper's first post-_Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ effort, this has lots of stylized lighting and a truly offbeat cast -- everyone from Morticia Addams to Freddy Krueger -- but has trouble mixing its good ol' boy humor with horror and lacks the pounding ferocity of _Chainsaw Massacre_.
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| Sep 22, 2010 |  |
RadioFreeLee | 72 48% |
| Sep 20, 2010 |  |
korbenPL | 25 16% |
| Jun 29, 2010 |  |
pavementSAW | 73 20% |
| Jun 18, 2010 |  |
deckard0 | 70 9% |
| Dec 09, 2009 | Twatsnot9 | 50 64% |
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| Oct 29, 2009 |  |
auritech | 19 8% |
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Okay, so three years prior to this, Tobe Hooper had directed one of the most effectively terrifying films ever in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. However, this is garbage, which brings to mind 50s horror films and even Manos: The Hands of Fate, and that is not a good thing. The crocodile element is extremely laughable, and really the only memorable thing about the film is Robert Englund and the fact Quentin Tarantino took his character's line and changed it a little for Kill Bill's Buck.
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| Aug 19, 2009 | mayabelle | 0 34% |
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| Jun 30, 2009 |  |
joseywales | 37 13% |
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Crap.
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| May 25, 2009 | Bruce | 40 16% |
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| May 18, 2009 | shok | 2 44% |
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| Apr 26, 2009 |  |
richiedagger | 95 76% |
| Apr 16, 2009 | moviesinhell | 63 21% |
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Brand enjoys a thespic field day as a crazed cracker. Hooper's low-budget horror is no _Texas Chainsaw Massacre_, but it's better than a lot of his later, more lavish Hollywood work.
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| Apr 11, 2009 |  |
Gregzilla | 60 66% |
| Mar 22, 2009 |  |
RCMERCHANT | 100 94% |
| Mar 19, 2009 |  |
j.kendrick | 25 37% |
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"...will always be more of a curiosity piece than a truly satisfying movie in and of itself."
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| Feb 12, 2009 | lomzus | 20 9% |
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| Jan 01, 2009 | Mclusky84 | 67 40% |
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| Dec 16, 2008 |  |
imdb | 53 22% |
| Nov 29, 2008 |  |
NathanDarko | 70 30% |
| Nov 16, 2008 |  |
HKi | 15 1% |
| Oct 15, 2008 |  |
thefog1331 | 70 15% |
| Oct 13, 2008 |  |
pilgermann | 15 2% |
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Extremely annoying, stupid, and pointless. I also thought that the opening credit of "music composed arranged, and conducted by" was pretty funny considering that the music is a bunch of random synthesizer noise and percussive racket.
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| Oct 11, 2008 |  |
servetsuvari | 45 8% |
| Aug 16, 2008 |  |
rex | 60 22% |
| Aug 09, 2008 | Hoopster | 67 35% |
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| Aug 08, 2008 |  |
lauratron | 63 26% |
| Aug 04, 2008 | landpwner | 63 45% |
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| Jul 31, 2008 |  |
Danilolopes | 45 11% |
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So boring that makes me feel like i really want to be eaten alive.
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| May 25, 2008 |  |
cinema_hell | 65 21% |
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It looks good. The "red", dark atmosphere all over the place. But that what it's all about. "My name is Buck, and I'm here to fuck." Tarantino stole this quote to his Kill Bill flick.
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| Mar 18, 2008 | RNG | 8 8% |
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| Mar 07, 2008 |  |
ZombieBuffet | 65 66% |
| Nov 16, 2007 | mike615 | 47 26% |
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| Oct 20, 2007 | hehheh | 2 36% |
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quite tedious at times because lack of different shooting scenes
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| Sep 29, 2007 |  |
wokelstein | 64 36% |
| Aug 21, 2007 |  |
madiso | 35 8% |
| Aug 14, 2007 | Pingy | 77 7% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Leatherface | 7 67% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | ajs_2323 | 60 30% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | jcdracula | 2 63% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | DrinkMilk | 45 34% |
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| Aug 14, 2007 | zeus1979 | 70 31% |
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| Jul 28, 2007 | TroyAnderson | 31 21% |
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| Jul 16, 2007 | coot | 52 31% |
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| May 27, 2007 | loserville | 17 4% |
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| Apr 20, 2007 |  |
Scarface | 55 25% |
| Feb 28, 2007 | Lovecraft | 10 4% |
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| Jan 13, 2007 |  |
Moribunny | 63 59% |
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Another redneck-themed horror flick from Tobe Hooper, it is quite disturbing but doesn't rank up with his best work.
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| Average Percentile 34.89% from 194 Ratings |  |
