Tobe Hooper's sophomore effort, EATEN ALIVE (1976), had already played the exploitation circuit for eight years when it rolled into 30+ theaters in the New York area as LEGEND OF THE BAYOU on March 2, 1984, courtesy of Motion Picture Marketing. Prior to MPM's release, the film had gone out through such low-budget outfits as M&M Films (as HORROR HOTEL), Virgo International Pictures (as DEATH TRAP and STARLIGHT SLAUGHTER), and Roger Corman's New World Pictures, who promoted the film with a tag line they recycled a few years later for SHOGUN ASSASSIN ("Meet the greatest team in the history of mass slaughter").
Tobe Hooper's sophomore effort, EATEN ALIVE (1976), had already played the exploitation circuit for eight years when it rolled into 30+ theaters in the New York area as LEGEND OF THE BAYOU on March 2, 1984, courtesy of Motion Picture Marketing. Prior to MPM's release, the film had gone out through such low-budget outfits as M&M Films (as HORROR HOTEL), Virgo International Pictures (as DEATH TRAP and STARLIGHT SLAUGHTER), and Roger Corman's New World Pictures, who promoted the film with a tag line they recycled a few years later for SHOGUN ASSASSIN ("Meet the greatest team in the history of mass slaughter").