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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, sweater-sporting Dr. Dimitrios (aka "Professor Pause") explains how evolution works. Incorrectly, of course. Every living thing is in a "state of evolution."

Best One-Liner
Random Similie Time

"Your advice is as about as useful as...*draws card* whiskers on a sausage."

Wha--??

"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.
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. 
Stefan Gierasch Dr. Dimitrios Many minor parts in some large films, like Del Gue in Jeremiah Johnson, Mr. Morton in (the original) Carrie, Fritz in What's Up, Doc?, Mayor Hobart in High Plains Drifter, and Professor Schreiner/Johnson in Silver Streak
Otis Young Lt. Piantadosi B-movie actor who was in The Clones, The Capture of Bigfoot, The Last Detail, and Blood Beach
Lynne Marta Jo Many small walk-ons on TV shows from the '60s through the '90s. 
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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