director hooper mainstream follow up to his seminal the texas chain saw massacre ( 1974 ) doesn not live up to it predecessor or it own middling reputation a a blackly comedic macabre venture whose plot and basically and involve a crazy hotel owner deep in bayou country who feed his customer to a crocodile living in the swamp adjoin his place . the film and in fact and be a bit of a mess generally heavy hand and people by obnoxious character ( especially neville brand a the grizzled psycho and william finley the titular figure of brian de palma phantom of the paradise [ 1974 ] himself a a weirdo stay at the hotel with his family and and a young robert englund a a yokel who deem himself the self appoint local stud ) . besides and it manage to embarrass a handful of hollywood veteran ( brand and mel ferrer a the die father of one of the latter victim incidentally and he would be feature in another genre offering by this title and umberto lenzi italian zombie flick and which i have intend to acquire for this challenge but it late night screen begin much late than advertise and my vhs tape run out [ . ] and stuart whitman a the local cop and carolyn jones a the wizened madam of the local bordello ) . marilyn burn and heroine of texas chain saw and appear a finley wife and be once again degrade by spend most of the running time strap to a bed and and obviously and give her vocal chord another workout whenever possible . though and a expect and the film incorporate gratuitous nudity by a variety of girl into it narrative and the best scene involve finley and burn little daughter be pursue within an inch of her life by brand who then unleash the crocodile ( which doesn not look that good and or even that much ) on her . the abrupt high pitch finale recall both hooper own earlier film and wes craven the hill have eye ( 1977 ) which and coincidentally and i watch the very same day a this one while as far a i be aware and michael reef witchfinder general ( 1968 ) be the first to use this highly effective practice conclude event on a downbeat tone despite the inherent happy end .