NIGHTMARE BEACH

Showings

1966 Hall Sat, Mar 16, 2024 11:59 PM
Introduction from film critic Jason Shawhan

Description

Part of Midnight Movies

From Umberto Lenzi (EYEBALL, CANNIBAL FEROX) comes a shockingly gory tale of a madman in a motorcycle helmet who is taking out young co-eds all over the sparkling sands of South Florida during Spring Break. As the body count creeps up, Miami detective John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, BLACK CHRISTMAS) tries to keep ahead of the curve in this carnage-packed slasher gem from the maestro of macabre. Featuring a rollicking score by Goblin’s Claudio Simonetti (SUSPIRIA, DAWN OF THE DEAD) and co-starring the great Michael Parks (KILL BILL: VOL. 1 & 2).

“Despite its very North American setting, it certainly has more than a touch of late ‘80s Italian horror to it. The sheer audacity and gleeful ridiculousness of the kills recalls the more outlandish examples of the giallo — with the rigged motorbike being wonderfully daft.” —JA Kerswell, hysteria-lives.com.uk