Blood Beach

Blood Beach
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeffrey Bloom
Written byJeffrey Bloom
Story byJeffrey Bloom and Steven Nalevansky
Produced bySteven Nalevansky
Sir Run Run Shaw
StarringDavid Huffman
Marianna Hill
Stefan Gierasch
John Saxon
Burt Young
CinematographySteven Poster
Edited byGary Griffin
Music byGil Melle
Distributed byThe Jerry Gross Organization
Compass International Pictures
Release date
  • January 23, 1981 (1981-01-23)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million[1]

Blood Beach is a 1981 American horror film written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom and starring David Huffman, John Saxon, and Burt Young. The premise, conceived by Steven Nalevansky, involves a creature lurking beneath the sand of Santa Monica Beach that attacks locals and vacationers. The film's tagline is: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water—you can't get to it."

  1. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada