The Worst Film Ever

One of my all time favorites.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Jeffrey Bloom directed this land based copy of "Jaws I & II" that stars John Saxon as Captain Pearson, in charge of investigating a series of disappearances along a beach in California, where it seems people were sucked into the sand. When mutilated remains later turn up, it is obvious that some unknown creature is living under the sand, and now it is a matter of finding and destroying it. Burt Young costars as Sergeant Royko. Disappointing film has a distinct lack of imagination in its story, with far too much talk, though some atmosphere. Famous for the tag-line "Just when you thought it was to go back in the water, you can't even get to it!" Not yet on DVD; Perhaps Shout/Scream Factory is the most likely to make that happen?

Blood Beach is just another example, of how cheesy movies were back in the eighties. This is just Jaws in the sand. A crustacean like monster is pulling random victims into the sand on a Californian beach, some denied the opportunity of going for their last dip dip. I haven't seen this movie for a while. I remember one victim, barely escapes, legs covered in yucky blood. It's rather bland and drones on here and there. The movie's actually shot like as Jaws, as we do get it's Jaws feel. But where Jaws was very suspenseful and alive, this is just plain dull, with hardly any suspense, yeah bring on that dark music, which minutely helps. Overall it boils down to, it's just a corny idea. The suspense is mostly in guessing what it is, that's pulling people under the sand, and when revealed we pretty much know, how they're gonna kill it. And what is John Saxon and Burt Young, doing in this dribble. W.E.A.K

Routinely panned though it might be, "Blood Beach" isn't a bad little thriller at all. Something of a hybrid of "Day of the Triffids" meets "Jaws", Huffman plays the lifeguard of a popular beach-front community where strange disappearances have the locals worried. The mother (Medin) of his estranged wife (Hill, in one of her last movies to date) embarks on a regular morning walk along the beach, never to return. Pretty soon, his girlfriend (Pousette) and other random victims have disappeared. With each disappearance, the plot thickens and without a suspect or motive, nonchalant detectives (Burt Young and Otis Young, no relation) continue to run into investigative cul-de-sacs. Does the strange bag lady residing at the disused amusement park know the identity and whereabouts of the killer? Huffman seems to be the only one capable of locating the clues to this baffling mystery.Tense, humorous and well paced little suspense thriller includes a strong cast of veterans and some sharp, witty dialogue. Burt Young's character is a great detective parody and Saxon, who appears toward the latter part of the film, plays a character not unlike that in "Black Christmas". High body count and a genuinely unsettling mood builds hysteria and the suspense is palpable when the police cordon off a section of beach-front with assistance from biological scientist (Gierasch) who believes he's detected a foreign presence. The climax that ensues is a cracker and the post script that runs into the end credits is both fitting, yet unexpected.Short, sharp with a great cast and some genuine thrills, and, chronically underrated.

Blood Beach is a cheap movie with quite an original monster. This monster lives under the beach and sucks people into the sand which is quite scary, unfortunately there's very little monster action. You won't see much of the monster at all in fact, much less than for instance the boom mike or people sharing a candlelit meal which trust me you'll see plenty of.This isn't really horror, it's a romance with a couple of early deaths to keep your hopes up. There's also a drunk looking detective who spouts meaningless lines, often about Chicago and some totally random and not terribly good singing thrown in. My favourite character was the vet/doctor/coroner who puffs away on his unlit pipe and robs his lines of any meaning whatsoever with his glacier slow delivery.I wish this had been a movie about a sand monster as billed, that would have been quite fun but this film is just too slow and lacking in thrills to really be entertaining. It did leave me with one question though - is it wrong to date another woman the day after your girlfriend is eaten by a sand monster? Sure your friends will never mention her again and you'll show no signs of remembering her and your new romantic interest won't care but still..I think I'd leave it another day but maybe I'm just an old romantic.