Blood Tide

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 sc...

Americans encountering the ancient mysteries (and horrors) of Greece

A couple (Martin Kove & Mary Louise Weller) lands on a Greek island looking for the sister of the husband, but are stonewalled by the mayor (José Ferrer). When they find her (Deborah Shelton), shes acting strange and in the company of a treasure hunter (James Earl Jones) who illegally uses plastic explosives in a secret cavern by the sea.

Blood Tide wasnt released until 1982 in the USA, but it was shot in June, 1980, which was the same time Dragonslayer was filmed in Britain. I bring this up because they share the same basic plot, Blood Tide just switches the events to a Greek isle in the modern day. True, theres no dragon, but theres another ancient creatu...