Post by lostinlimbo on Aug 6, 2018 13:04:50 GMT
Re-watched Blood Beach (1980). The film’s poster artwork along with the tagline sells it; ”Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... you can't get to it!". Nice. However the end result isn’t as striking.
Simply an okay creature-feature that squanders it’s concept, possibly a little too dry and lackadaisical headed by charmless leads. Not enough of John Saxon as cranky police captain and Burt Young as a sarcastic detective. Most of the time they’re standing around clueless and bickering to what’s going on, but I actually enjoyed all their scenes. Can’t say the same for everything else, including some of the repetitive, if rib-tickling attack sequences. In the end it doesn’t add up to much with the decent looking monster design (when we finally see it) wasted for quite a lame, and unimpressive climax, but at least it had wicked closing shots.
Simply an okay creature-feature that squanders it’s concept, possibly a little too dry and lackadaisical headed by charmless leads. Not enough of John Saxon as cranky police captain and Burt Young as a sarcastic detective. Most of the time they’re standing around clueless and bickering to what’s going on, but I actually enjoyed all their scenes. Can’t say the same for everything else, including some of the repetitive, if rib-tickling attack sequences. In the end it doesn’t add up to much with the decent looking monster design (when we finally see it) wasted for quite a lame, and unimpressive climax, but at least it had wicked closing shots.