Blood Beach certainly isn't a good film, but it stands for nicely cheap and cheesy horror fun. It's an early 80's horror flick, so you pretty much know what to expect. A plot line that somewhat rips off an earlier made classic horror movie (in this case: Jaws), lots of screaming girls, tension few to none and bad-taste jokes. Blood Beach is about a little seaside town that lives of its tourism. All of a sudden, something evil seems to lurk in the sand
attacking people and sucking them into the sand, not to be found back. So, like it was the case in `Jaws', the tourists stay away and the local police department is under a lot of pressure to catch whatever horror lives underneath the sand. Blood Beach isn't that gory, actually. Since most victims are just sucked into the sand, no bloody messes overwhelm this film. The good old clichés are present as well, like for example the bizarre and lonely ladyfreak of the town
Or the return of a long-lost lover! The music is okay, but a bit too obviously influenced by Jaws and the film has got a very atmospheric open ending. I've got to admit that! The acting goes from bad to atrocious, but there's one exception! John Saxon
this amazingly cool dude stars as the stressed police captain who motivates his men with a great dose of sarcasm and charisma. John Saxon is a great actor and it's always nice to see him show up in little horror fun stuff, like this Blood Beach! Check it out when you have the chance! There are worse things to waste your life on, for sure
Review of Blood Beach
