Blood Beach

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Blood Beach

R

Released Jan 28, 1981

1h 29m

Horror

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Policemen (John Saxon, David Huffman) are baffled when people disappear, sucked into the beach by a sand creature.

Jas Keimig

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Blood Beach dares to ask the question: What if the sea-with its strong tides and violent creatures-wasn't the scariest part of the beach?

Jan 31, 2022

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Zena Dixon

Real Queen of Horror

I, personally, wanted more from it or at least for the film to have a scarier, vicious looking monster and not one that looked like it belonged in a green house.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 25, 2018

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Let's just say that my favorite scene is where a rapist has his you-know-what eaten by the bloodthirsty beach.

Mar 8, 2009

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 1/5

Oct 9, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 28, 2005

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Rated: 1/5

Jul 10, 2004

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Michael C

True Evil Garbage!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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Jamie P

Excellent low budget horror film for 1981, I always remembered those death scenes when the beach was killing people

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Higgins !

Golly. This one was a tough watch. Definitely a grindhouse movie of its time, but not one of the better ones. It takes place in Santa Monica, but by the way it's filmed, none of its beauty is shown on screen. Too dark to see for much of its runtime and both the cinematography and editing were awful (and not in an endearing 80s horror film at the drive-in sort of way). The monster reveal was a let-down as well. For a horror movie there wasn't a single scare. All in all, this was RiffTrax parody level bad. If I had to stretch for any silver lining it's that John Saxon and Burt Young were in this picture, but for the life of me, I don't know why.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/17/23

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Steve D

Surprisingly well made and effective for this kind of thing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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Audience Member

Very entertaining, the movie has a lot of humor and builds the suspense well to a fitting climax. It's one of those old-school slow paced stories that engages your imagination.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

While Blood Beach may be campy, it's a good movie. I've watched it several times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Synopsis

Policemen (John Saxon, David Huffman) are baffled when people disappear, sucked into the beach by a sand creature.

Director: Jeffrey Bloom
Producer: Steven Nalevansky
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Bloom
Production Co: Shaw Brothers
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 28, 1981, Original
Release Date (DVD): Feb 21, 2014
Runtime: 1h 29m