Blood Tide

Blood Tide is a 1982 British horror film directed by Richard Jefferies. The film is also known as Bloodtide (in the US) and Demon Island (American TV title). It has been misconstrued as a Public Domain film and pirated by many distributors who copied it from DVDs. The truth is that, as per The Copyright Office, copyright is registered under Omega Entertainment, Inc. and the writer/producer of the film, Nico Mastorakis.

Blood Tide
Theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Jefferies
Produced byLuigi Cingolani (associate producer)
Donald Langdon (producer)
Nico Mastorakis (producer)
John D. Schofield (executive producer)
Brian Trenchard-Smith (co-producer)
Written byRichard Jefferies (screenplay) &
Nico Mastorakis (screenplay)
StarringJames Earl Jones
José Ferrer
Lila Kedrova
Mary Louise Weller
Martin Kove
Lydia Cornell
Deborah Shelton
Music byShuki Levy
Jerry Mosely
CinematographyAris Stavrou
Edited byMichael Bloecher
Alberto Valenzuela
Production
company
Connaught International
Athon
Distributed by21st Century Film Corporation (United States)
Tikva-Filmi (Finland)
Release date
  • 24 September 1982 (1982-09-24) (New York City, New York)

  • 13 March 1984 (1984-03-13) (Finland)
Running time
80 minutes (Germany)
97 minutes (UK)
82 minutes (US)
CountryUK, Greece
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A treasure hunter accidentally frees a monster on a Greek island, forcing local villagers to revisit the sacrifice of virgins.

Cast

Reception

Charles Tatum from eFilmCritic.com awarded the film 3 out of 4 stars, noting that, although the film wasn't perfect, it had its moments. In particular, Tatum commended the film's suspense scenes, and monster design.[1] Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 1.5 out of 4 stars, stating that the film's Greek scenery was the film's only distinction, calling it "[a] substandard programmer".[2] TV Guide offered similar criticism, awarding it 1/5 stars, calling it "An embarrassing picture for all concerned, but fun for devotees of "bad enough to be good" movies."[3]

References
  1. Tatum, Charles. "Movie Review - Blood Tide - eFilmCritic". eFilmCritic.com. Charles Tatum. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. Leonard Maltin (3 September 2013). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.
  3. "Blood Tide - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 14 June 2018.


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