Blood Beach (1981)
Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Starring: David Huffman, Marianna Hill, Burt Young, Otis Young, John Saxon
80s drive in favorite with a fantastic Gil Melle' score. John Saxon stars as a gruff cop (A role he could phone in while sleeping - but instead gives his usual 150%) looking into why local townsfolk are disappearing on the beach. There is, of course, a monster lurking under the sand.....but the build up is pretty intense. A 70s Jaws film with a 60s compass in terms of blood and breasts that was released in the 80s....the whole film just seems slightly out of any time and the build up is way better than the reveal but thats just fine. This movie had an unbelievably fantastic marketing campaign at the time. It made the film seem so salacious that theater owners and parents alike really put the vice grip down on the younger thrill seekers...seriously, ask 10 people who were 15 and horror buffs at the time and see.....The poster was definitely more titillating and warped with possibilities than the film itself - VIVA LA DIVE-IN!!! This movie makes a great triple bill with Humanoids from the Deep and The Beast Within (throw in Xtro if there is still any Bourbon left!) The film's main protagonist was played by David Huffman who also played the Lipstick Killer in an episode of TJ Hooker and was killed by being stabbed to death with a screwdriver just 4 years after Blood Beach was released.
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