Eaten Alive

Hooper fascinates me, first he makes the best horror film of all time, where every aspect works to perfection and fulfils its purpose, and then he produces something not unlike the limited fantasies of a patient of a polio sanatory. Every now and then a glimmer of an interesting idea flashes through, and it reeks of a kind of reverence for the classics of the genre in addition to narcissistic self-reference, but this sort of desecration of intelligence and taste is the last thing classics (including Hooper's previous film) deserve. There is a lack of logic, a lack of characters that aren't moronic, and a complete lack of necessary perspective. And a pair of boobs and one Robert Englund wisecrack are not enough to save it. (25/03/2018)

Yes, Hooper tried to smuggle in some different elements into the film, there are scenes that are noticeably well done, especially the chase of the little girl with the scythe in hand, but suddenly you realize that this actually doesn't differ much from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and Hooper himself began to plagiarize his masterpiece three years later. Of course, he had the right to do so, others did it too and much worse, but nowadays this film probably won't succeed with the majority of the audience, mainly due to the lack of a story. Those few really good scenes won't save it. (17/01/2014)