Blood Beach (1980)

Blood Beach (1980)

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(Foreign Titles)

Tagline(s):	Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water -- you can't get to it.
	The five people believed to have drowned here never even made it past the SAND!
	Just when it's safe to go back in the water... you can't get across the beach!
	...where the water may be the safest place to be!
	It's a nice place to visit, but you don't want to die there.
	The California coast, playground of America, until something deep beneath the sand turned it into Blood Beach.
	Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water -- you can't get to it...and if you're in the water, stay there.
	...where the water is the safest place to be!

Nomination Year: 1993

SYNOPSIS: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...you can't GET to it." Some subterranean monsters forgotten by evolution infest a beach in a teeming seaside community. The creatures suck hapless beachgoers under the sand and devour them. What's more, they're ready to spawn! A local police chief must somehow defeat the sandy menace. (Hm. The inspiration for Tremors, perhaps?)

Bryan Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Science
Knit One, Purl What? The nutty professor explains how evolution works. Incorrectly, of course.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Best One-Liner
Random Similie Time "Your advice is as about as useful as whiskers on a sausage."	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"WHAT?!"
"Oh, I Wish I Were an Oscar MayAARRGGH!" The would-be rapist gets his schlong ripped off by the creature, just at the moment of truth.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Jeffrey Bloom	Directed Dogpound Shuffle and Flowers in the Attic.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
John Saxon	Capt. Pearson	Easily mistaken for Michael Ironside, Saxon has been in nearly 200 roles. From Lt. Thompson in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to Roper in Enter the Dragon to Agent Chase in From Dusk Til Dawn. You've seen him.
David Huffman	Harry Caulder	Potential leading man who was up-and- coming...until he was murdered in '85. Capt. Buckholz in Firefox; Brian Dockett in Ice Castles; and David Jackson in St. Helens.
Marianna Hill	Catherine Hutton	Callie Travers in High Plains Drifter, Deanna Corleone in The Godfather: Part II and of course Helen Noel from that original "Star Trek" episode "Dagger of the Mind" ("Helennn!").
Burt Young	Sgt. Royko	Long-time actor specializing in rough-and-tough guys. You've seen him as Paulie in the Rocky franchise and Curly in Chinatown and lots more.
Otis Young	Lt. Piantadosi	B-movie actor who was in The Clones, The Capture of Bigfoot, The Last Detail, and Blood Beach.
Lena Pousette	Marie	Started as a dancing extra in Xanadu...and really kinda went downhill from there. Did write/direct Cat Dexx, though.


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