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Best movie ever!

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is one of the scariest movies I have seen. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. This is scarier Then The Shining and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. And that is not easy to do. This is scarier then Friday the 13th and that is not easy to do. I do not why it got a 3.7. I do not know why do not like this movie. Maybe more people who like monster movie should see this movie. I would think most who like scarier movie would give 10 out of 10. Which what I gave it. Stop underrating this movie.

It wouldn't be unfair to say that Greece hasn't got the best pedigree when it comes to movies. There doesn't really appear to have been a film industry in action there at any point in time. Probably the best effort I have seen from that country is the notorious Island of Death. Its director Nico Mastorakis was also responsible for the screenplay of, this film, Blood Tide. There's no way that the latter film is as good as the former but I have to say I didn't really find it all that bad either. It's about a shady archaeologist who inadvertently unleashes a legendary evil creature from its century's long sleep. It's true that it is fairly uneventful from a horror point-of-view but overall I thought that the events surrounding the sea monster had just enough intrigue to keep this one afloat.The monster itself is hardly seen. Mostly we encounter it via point-of-view camera-work. When it is seen briefly, it doesn't in all honesty look that bad but I guess the film-makers thought otherwise. There are a couple of gory attacks in the water and a massacre of nuns at a monastery, while the chopped up remains of a victim are found on the beach. But mainly, this is a slow burner with little visceral material. I thought the plot strands about the ancient drawings that are found in the monastery that depict the monster was quite good as well and added a decent level of interest.It never escapes the fact that it's obviously hampered by a low budget though but the exotic Greek location does add some worthwhile production value. And it also has James Earl Jones at its disposal too; seemingly he did the film in order to get a paid-for holiday. But much better is Deborah Shelton as the enigmatic woman who ultimately offers herself as a virginal sacrifice to the beast; she was very beautiful and added a welcome sensual aspect that didn't do the film any harm at all.

I'm sure a trip to the Greek islands was the main reason for a lot of talented people to sign on to this film. I hope the checks cleared for all of them.Bloodtide finds newlyweds Martin Kove and Mary Louise Weller on a honeymoon and also searching for his sister Deborah Shelton who as treasure hunter James Earl Jones says has gone completely native. The local mayor is Jose Ferrer who adds to his collection of casting as every kind of ethnic group you can think of by playing a Greek and Ferrer speaks in profundities that are basically telling these folks to enjoy, but don't overstay. But Jose really wants Jones out because he's let loose an ancient sea demon who back in the glory days of Greece virgins used to be sacrificed to. Taking a look at him for the brief few seconds he was in the film, he both didn't look all that scary and didn't look like he really cared if the girls had never been touched.Jones who played Othello to great acclaim on stage and he was a man born for that part spends some time quoting snatches of dialog from the Bard the same way Christopher Plummer did in one of the Star Trek films. Jones also did a one man show of tribute to Paul Robeson and Robeson when he did Othello on Broadway had Jose Ferrer in the cast as Iago.But believe me Bloodtide is just one for the money and a vacation for these two.

Let's just go ahead and skip the cinematography, character development, even the plot, and get right to the point: There is a Dragon. It is well endowed. It rapes a bunch of nuns. We don't get to see that. What the heck. 2 out of 10.Addendum: The only correct way to eat a melon is to punch it. Thank you James.Seriously though, pretty shocking to think that virgin sacrifices are virgin for a reason. This cherry-popping' dragon has a lot of character development that we miss. I mean, what's his motivation?More importantly, is the last surviving nun pregnant with his rape- dragon-baby?Looking forward to the sequel!