Review of Eaten Alive (1976) by Zane T — 07 Apr 2009

This was great. A horror gem that pretty much everyone has never heard of. Not to mention that Tarantino used the first line of this movie in his movie "Kill Bill Pt1". The beginning is well done with the girl whos set up as the good girl and you think shes the main character, but once she goes to the hotel and meets Judd, shes killed.

But soon after, Judd has the situation under control, but then he has a few guests including a family and a father and his daughter. This where Judd's trouble starts. He has the father in the family killed and the mother strapped down in a bed, but their daughter runs underneath the deck of the hotel and shes trapped, but Judd also has a hard time getting her and they play cat and mouse throughout the entire movie until he breaks down the giant cage and lets the alligator in underneath.

Now when the girl screams, the guests can hear her and Judd struggles to keep control. As the night goes on, Judd commits gruesome deaths and feeds many of his guests to his pet alligator. In the final struggle, Judd falls in the pit and is eaten by the alligator.

I know it sounds plain. but check this one out, its really good! Heck, its by Tobe Hooper: director of the original Texis Chainsaw Massacre, you gotta see it just for that and a young Robert Englund as Buck which is the one whos says the first line of the movie that Tarantino also used: "My name is Buck and I'm ready to fuck".

PS: The psyche through the middle of the father's neck is really brutal and impressive. See it and tell everyone about it.