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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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.

Something went horribly wrong. It's 1982, and we have a long list of positives, that should have delivered a good creature feature. Start with Technicolor exotic Greek island locations, add some slight feeling of cinematography, artistic set up shots, add to this some outstanding actors and some scantily clad females frolicking on the sunlit beach. It's a long list of pluses. How did it fail? As mentioned before, there are a solid troupe of actors led by James Earl Jones, and Jose Ferrer. They sit, talk and react, almost all in this movie would do a "Actors Studio" improv session proud. They think about their parts, and try to guess their motivation. That is what many of the scenes feel like. The only thing missing is a comprehensible scrip. As stated, the individual elements are good, The Archaeologist who discovers the Islands "dark secret" The ancient monastery with kindly Nuns who fear the "dark secret" The Islanders, a superstitious bunch led by Jose Ferrer, who want the intrusive island visitors to be gone, The brash young newlyweds seeking the lost sister, and the treasure hunter, James Earl Jones who unleashes the islands "dark secret". Given these elements a screenwriter with half a sense of direction could churn out an acceptable product. But no, that was not to happen. I feel the director hired someone to design the monster, the key to the movies action, but in the end was unhappy with the creatures design, and decided not to use it, the "hokey" creature shows on screen for a total of four seconds. I think it shows up as a costume in the islanders "folk dance" The problem is, without a monster, the show has no anchor for all the fine acting, as was stated by a finer poet then me, "The center can not hold, things fall apart!".On the plus side, the actress who played the ditsy Barbara was fun to watch, and had some good lines, The actress who played Marylin, the "conflicted" sister, did not have a convincing grasp of what she was suppose to be doing, archaeologist, or sacrificial maiden. The lack of logic, not usually a stumbling point in creature features, here became an insurpassable obstacle. I was never aware of James Earl Jones characters reasoning, but he sure sounded good. The ending was a confusing, poorly plotted attempt to bring the elements together. Thats the reason for the major "fail" The stronger the good points, the harder the fall.

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.

I bought this film with another 49 from amazon.com.It came within the famous sci-fi pack so many times here commented among IMDb-USERS.What surprises me more is this paradox,an 3.5(MARK) but 35 comments.Generally speaking,it is a good adventure in a film with serious problems of photography(the copy that i have!),a monster that we rarely see,peasants of a small Greek island and a stupid blonde.These characters were mixed-up with a gorgeous couple and a some sort of"archaeologist" who is fan of destroying monuments instead of study them to fulfill this story.Nothing great ,but one can watch it without commitment.