Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

soulexpress On a remote Mediterranean island, a drunken, Shakespeare-quoting treasure hunter named Frye (James Earl Jones) sets off an underwater explosion that awakens a long-dormant sea monster, to whom the natives must now sacrifice virgins or else become monster-lunch themselves. A premise like that could have made for a fun movie, but instead it made for this one.Two young newlyweds, Neil (Martin Kove) and Sherri (Mary Louise Weller), spend their honeymoon on the island, where the groom's sister, Madeline (Deborah Shelton), has gone missing. Because who doesn't want to spend their honeymoon searching for a lost relative? Madeline turns up about ten minutes in, leaving a good 73 minutes of dull, uneventful scenes in which very little happens beyond gobs of stilted dialogue.Top billing here goes to James Earl Jones and Jose Ferrer (as the village elder), seasoned professionals who knew they were slumming. Ferrer seems half-asleep while Jones spits out his lines in a way that suggests anger-management issues. And yet, they're the only ones with a shred of professionalism. The others have no acting skills and must have been cast for their pretty faces and supple bodies. This includes Lydia Cornell, future co-star of the sitcom "Too Close for Comfort." (She plays a convincing corpse, though.) And Martin Kove is a dead ringer for "Baywatch"-era David Hasselhoff.Item: When Neil and Sherri arrive on the island, some kids throw a cat at them from atop a flight of stairs. It's their idea of a prank.Item: In an underwater cave, Frye quotes Shakespeare with a snorkel in his mouth. The end result ain't exactly Kenneth Branagh.Item: When Lydia Cornell's character goes skinny-dipping and sees some old men watching her, she gets mad and shouts, "I thought you Greeks only liked little boys!"Item: The sea monster gets about five seconds of screen time; it resembles an underwater sockpuppet.Item: Given the choppiness of the action scenes, I have to wonder if there's a longer cut of this film in which the monster appears more.Item: The sound effects are ridiculously loud, to a point of drowning out the dialogue. In a beach scene, the gently lapping waves of the Mediterranean sound like rhinos humping in a marsh. Perhaps the Foley artist was hard of hearing?Item: Near the end of the film, Madline gives Neil a passionate, lingering lip-kiss. They're supposed to be brother and sister.Item: The film score is by some guy noodling around on a Moog.

talisencrw For a low-budget, occult thriller, 80's-era B-movie, I really enjoyed it, though I love occult thrillers as guilty pleasures. The direction is unexceptional but decent, the cinematography (easy, because of the gorgeous locales and mostly outdoor shooting) was surprisingly very good and the soundtrack was passable. I loved the casting, with Martin Kove (from The Karate Kid trilogy), James Earl Jones and Jose Ferrer (who always makes a great nasty, what with his cosmopolitan look, like Anthony Quinn, and his condescending, 'I'm better than you, and why do you think you can even exist on the same planet as me?' sneer and attitude), and, of course, the gorgeous women. Though the special effects were low-budget and quaint, they worked on this scale, and how they were executed. There's gratuitous nudity and sex at every conceivable opportunity (and a lot of inconceivable ones!) and even incestuous overtones, so it's terrifically entertaining, if not a cinephilic masterwork.In short, it's worth a look, especially if you enjoy B-movies and occult thrillers, particularly from the 80's. It's both free online, or I found my copy in my legendary Mill Creek 50-pack, 'Nightmare Worlds'.

BA_Harrison In ancient times, the inhabitants of a small Greek island appeased an evil sea monster in the age old tradition: with the offer of sacrificial virgins. Thousands of years later, the long dormant creature is awoken from its slumber when hard-drinking archaeologist Frye (James Earl Jones) blasts open its underwater cavern in search of treasure. With the beast once again on the prowl for innocent young women (with whom it intends to mate and then presumably eat), and with the locals reverting to their old customs, honeymooners Neil and Sherry Grice (Martin Kove and Mary Louise Weller) fear that Neil's little sister Madeline (Deborah Shelton) might become the next virgin to make the monster's acquaintance.Co-written by Island of Death director Nico Mastorakis, co-produced by Aussie exploitation legend Brian Trenchard-Smith, and starring a great cast (which also includes José Ferrer as the island's mayor), Blood Tide definitely had the potential to be one nifty little monster flick. It certainly benefits from decent scenery, good underwater photography, solid performances, and some decent eye candy (in the shapely forms of Weller, Shelton and Lydia Cornell as Barbara, Frye's squeeze) but the lacklustre direction, slow pacing and lack of decent monster action make the film a frustratingly dull experience for the most part.After way too much boring chit-chat and not nearly enough gruesome encounters with the underwater creature (the disappointing gore tally is a couple of body parts in the surf and some blood in the water, while the beast is only seen for a brief few seconds), Frye ends the terror with the help of some high-explosives, which begs the question 'If the thing could be defeated all along, why didn't the islanders try trapping and killing it thousands of years earlier and save on a few virgins?'.

Chase_Witherspoon Below-average creature feature concerning a hibernating sea monster, who according to Greek mythology, is offered virgins to protect the the community and keep the monster at bay - until it's awoken by a trio of amateur archaeologists (Jones, Shelton & Cornell) visiting a tiny Greek island where the villagers harbor the deadly secret. Martin Kove and his new wife Mary Louise Weller sail into port to locate his missing sister (Shelton) but is warned off by the local elder (Ferrer) until he discovers that his sister (a virgin) has become obsessed with the mythical creature and is willing to become its next sacrifice.Picturesque locales and some occasional suspense can't quite mask a lack of direction and content. Attractive and able cast deliver some reasonably entertaining dialogue with James Earl Jones spouting Shakespeare while Kove and Weller trade friendly barbs - the script has more promise than the shaky plot. Leading lady Shelton as the obsessed artist is amateurish (she also sings the film's closing track), and Ferrer is one-dimensional as the nay-saying doomsday prophesier, passively supportive of the beast's culturally cleansing rampage. Oscar-winning actress Lila Kedrova ("Zorba the Greek") adds further status to the notable cast as a concerned nun at the local monastery who fears the beast's revival.The music is atmospheric and there's a couple of gory moments, but it's mostly an aimless and uninspired monster movie that squanders a capable cast and engaging script. If you're into creature features then this will require your attention, but others may find little to enjoy.