Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive (known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Horror Hotel, and Starlight Slaughter, and stylized on the poster as Eaten Alive!) is a 1976 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, and written by Kim Henkel, Alvin L. Fast, and Mardi Rustam.

This article is about the Tobe Hooper horror film. For other uses, see Eaten alive.
Eaten Alive
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTobe Hooper
Written byKim Henkel
Alvin L. Fast
Mardi Rustam
Produced byAlvin L. Fast
Larry Huly
Robert Kantor
Mardi Rustam
Mohammed Rustam
Samir Rustam
StarringNeville Brand
Mel Ferrer
Carolyn Jones
Marilyn Burns
CinematographyRobert Caramico
Edited byMichael Brown
Music byWayne Bell
Tobe Hooper
Production
company
Mars Productions Corporation
Release date
  • October 18, 1976 (1976-10-18) (Los Angeles)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film stars Carolyn Jones, Neville Brand, Roberta Collins, Robert Englund, William Finley, Marilyn Burns, Janus Blythe, and Kyle Richards. Brand plays a psychotic hotel proprietor in a Southern bayou, who feeds those who upset him to a large crocodile that lives in a swamp beside the hotel.

Although the film did not receive a warm reception when it was released, it has gained a cult following in its time, and with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974, Eaten Alive helped Hooper advance in his career, allowing him to direct his first major studio film, The Funhouse, in 1981.

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