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?'.

g-young77 "Blood Tide" is a movie about people in Greece who talk, and talk, and talk, are occasionally attacked by a sea monster, and then talk some more. The pace was so mind-numbingly slow that I started doing multiplication tables in my head for some excitement.Then, after what seemed like 12 hours of talking and nighttime sequences that were too dark to tell what was happening, someone died and had money shoved in their mouth, and James Earl Jones was yelling at nuns, and I had no idea what was going on. I stuck it out to see what the monster looked like, but I blinked at just the wrong second and missed that too. This is not a "so-bad-it's-good" movie like "Plan 9", it's a "so-boring-you-may-end-up-in-a-coma" movie. Unless you're looking for a cure for insomnia, skip this one.

Syl James Earl Jones is poorly used in this terrible horror film that looks like from the seventies and not the eighties. Lila Kedrova and Jose Ferrer are also misused. The story is crazy about a Loch-Ness type of monster who is beneath a Greek island. The island has secrets but there are not that worthy to know about the sacrifices of virgins to the monster for whatever reason and I didn't care. The film is a poor thriller with a good cast including Lydia Cornell, Mary Weller, and Martin Cove. It starts off with a search for sister Madeline in Greece where she takes up with Jones' character for whatever reason. Her brother played by Cove comes with his newlywed wife searching for her and discover the mystery of the island. The whole plot is far-fetched and not worth knowing. The special effects are amateurish at best. It's a forgettable film in all respects.

David Fowler It's not "Citizen Kane", but what do these people want?!?!? As a B Horror flick it's a good bit above average, and nowhere near the disaster that most of the comments here would have you believe. Yes, it does have a leisurely pace as did most films before MTV quick cutting became the norm and audience attention spans dropped to 1.5 seconds. The cinematography, especially the underwater work, is gorgeous, the direction is competent, and for the most part the performances are quite good. James Earl Jones is obviously enjoying himself, and Oscar winners Jose Ferrer and Lila Kedrova contribute very solid work. The young ladies- Mary Louise Weller, Deborah Shelton, and Lydia Cornell- are all lovely and quite satisfactory in their performances. Martin Kove isn't going to win any awards, but he's so nearly naked through most of the film and so sweatily gorgeous that his talent is a minor consideration. The creature, though sadly little seen, is decently designed and not at all bad for a film of this budget. The script is certainly not original, but goes about it's business quite competently. All in all, "Blood Tide" has something about it that I really enjoy. I've seen many, MANY worse horror films and it's head and shoulders above sick torture porn like "Hostel".