Blood Beach
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| Directed by | Jeffrey Bloom |
| Produced by | Steven Nalevansky Run Run Shaw (uncredited) |
| Written by | Jeffrey Bloom from a story by Jeffrey Bloom and Steven Nalevansky |
| Starring | David Huffman Marianna Hill Burt Young John Saxon |
| Music by | Gil Melle |
| Cinematography | Steve Poster |
| Distributed by | The Jerry Gross Organization Compass International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blood Beach is a 1981 horror B movie written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom. It stars John Saxon and Burt Young. The premise, conceived by Steven Nalevansky, involves a creature lurking beneath the sand of Santa Monica Beach that attacks locals and vacationers. The film's tagline is: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...you can't get to it!". Although the film quality is grainy, and copies are scarce, the film has become a cult classic.
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[edit] Plot
A person goes missing on Los Angeles, California's Venice Beach The Los Angeles Police Department are called to the scene and after an investigation, believe it was merely a typical drowning case. As the police have more important things to do, they forget and quickly move on. Soon, the police get several more calls of missing people from Venice Beach. The puzzled police officers come down to the beach once again, and the police now believe it is the work of a serial killer. Meanwhile, more and more people and a dog go missing. The police know the thing on the beach is no serial killer when a teenager lets her friends bury her in the sand, but they unbury her only to find she has shredded legs. Eventually the LAPD realize that people are being sucked under the sand by something under the ground when a woman is seen being sucked completely under the beach in a few seconds when she goes to retrieve her hat late one night. The local news and media quickly and widely cover the scenes at the beach, leading the police to try to figure out how to kill the beast as quickly and easily as possible. The police manage to use a backhoe and equipment to dig under the sand and track the monster down. After a struggle, they manage to blow it to pieces with a massive charge of explosives.
[edit] Cast
- David Huffman ... Harry Caulder
- Marianna Hill ... Catherine Hutton
- Burt Young ... Sergeant Royko
- Otis Young ... Lieutenant Piantadosi
- Lena Pousette ... Marie
- John Saxon ... Captain Pearson
- Darrell Fetty ... Hoagy
- Stefan Gierasch ... Dr. Dimitrios
- Eleanor Zee ... Mrs. Selden
- Pamela McMyler ... Mrs. Hench
- Harriet Medin ... Ruth Hutton
- Mickey Fox ... Moose
- Laura Burkett ... Girl in Sand
- Marleta Giles ... Girlfriend
- Jacqueline Randall ... 2nd Girl
[edit] Release
The film was given a limited release theatrically twice in the United States; first by The Jerry Gross Organization beginning in January 1981, second by the Compass International Pictures in 1982.[1]
The film was released in the U.S. on VHS by Media Home Entertainment.[2] As of 2011, the film has not been officially released on DVD.
[edit] References
- ^ "Company Credits for Blood Beach". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082083/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Company Credits for Blood Beach". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082083/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
