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.

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.

"Blood Tide" is about a young couple who go searching on a Greek isle for the husband's sister, only to find that the sister is friends with an archaeologist who discovers a secret underwater cave and ultimately releases a creature with a taste for virgin blood! This film started off pretty slow, but after the first half-hour, it starts to get better. We only see the monster for about 3 seconds, and when you do, you kind of wish you hadn't! It is a very fake-looking monster, and it ruined the eeriness of the situation. If I were the director, I wouldn't have showed the monster at all, just let the viewers' minds fill in the blanks, which is scarier than anything that could be shown on screen. The acting is alright, and dialogue is a little iffy, but all in all, I recommend this nice little horror flick! Rated: R for Violence and Brief NudityGrade: C-