Dec 20, 2018
La Spiaggia Del Terrore (Nightmare Beach, 1989)
"I told you, I told you... You can't hide murder. You can't hide."
#la spiaggia del terrore#nightmare beach#1989#italian american coproduction#horror film#umberto lenzi#sarah buxton#nicolas de toth#john saxon#lance legault#rawley valverde#michael parks#kristy lachance#gregg todd davis#yamilet hidalgo#fred buch#john baldwin#james justice#harry kirkpatrick#films i done watched#a fairly uninspired blend of slasher and giallo tropes but it looks good and the cast works#the murderers modus operandi is fairly original too#the one genuine surprise is that before watching i'd assumed saxon was going to be the hero cop who sorts everything out#in fact he's playing a real bastard that you end up rooting against#lenzi apparently had little to do with the actual job of directing and instead acted as an onset advisor#he wanted his name taken off this. ive seen quite a few lenzi films and tbh he was involved in a lot worse#the mayor obsessed with suppressing stories about the serial killer so spring break isn't affected makes it feel like a weird jaws au#where instead of a shark its a murderer on a motorbike menacing the locals#shout out to michael parks who is given a fairly underwhelming role but does a lot with it#the soundtrack is a cheesy mess tho
