Review of Blood Beach (1980) by Tommy — 27 Sep 2008

The beaches along the coast of California are unsafe now as something under the sand starts sucking up locals and eating them. The police are baffled, as is the two leads who are all trying to solve this case before more people start disappearing (which happens anyways).

Boring at times, though, the film does offer enough interesting scenes to keep my attention until it finally ends. Some of the highlights include seeing John Saxon (Nightmare on Elm Street fame) play the police chief, Burt Young (as a very annoying police officer who compares everything to his old gig in Chicago), and an climax/ending that is the best part of this whole film where we finally see this awesome The Thing/Little Shop of Horrors hybrid monster for only a few seconds (really wished I could have seen more of this monster; it was awesome) and the resulting ending that is foreshadowed earlier in the film which I really wish could have been explored more (perhaps in a sequel).

Would have been great, but I guess I can deal with what has been given to me.