Tobe Hooper talks with disarming candor about the troubled production of his film "Eaten Alive." Hooper notes that "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" was a huge success and even was added to the Museum of Modern Art. Tobe discusses shooting tough 12-hour days inside a studio soundstage and reveals that not only was the violence that Neville Brand commits as Judd something that Brand understood all too well, but also said violence was frighteningly real in the sense that Brand roughed up several of his costars. Hooper also points out that every take with Mel Ferror was exactly the same, has cool stuff to say about the casting of Robert Englund, and remembers that the crocodile barely worked throughout the making of the picture. Tobe concludes the interview with the frank admission that "Eaten Alive" is a grindhouse movie. Worth a watch for fans of the film.
