UK, Greece, 1981
80m (Germany), 82m (USA), 97m (UK)
35mm film, colour
mono, English
A British/Greek horror film directed by Richard Jefferies.
Plot Summary
Madeleine, an American artist vacationing in Greece, becomes increasingly obsessed with an ancient cult that sacrificed virgins to their sea god. While entertaining her brother and sister-in-law, Madeleine comes face to face with this ancient deity as it’s reborn during a violent series of explosions set off by an American archaeologist.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Richard Jefferies
© Raftage Ltd 1981
Donald Langdon for Raftage presents
Executive Producer: John D. Schofield
Produced by: Nico Mastorakis, Donald Langdon
Co Producer & Creative Consultant: Brian Trenchard Smith
Associate Producer: Luigi Cingolani
Screenplay by: Richard Jefferies, Nico Mastorakis
Director of Photography: Aris Stavrou
Supervising Editor: Robert Leighton
Editors: Michael Bloecher, Alberto Valenzuela
Music by: Jerry Mosely
Soundman: Manuel Topete Blake
Costume Director: Moss Mabry
Make Up: Argyro Kouroupou
Hairdresser: Nicky Psimouli
Special Effects: Yannis Samiotis
Monster Creation: Vince Jeffords
Special Explosive Effects: Dick Albane, A&A Special Effects
Art Director: Aurelio Crugnola
Cast
James Earl Jones (Frye)
José Ferrer (Nereus)
Lila Kedrova (Sister Anna)
Mary Louise Weller (Sherry)
Martin Kove (Neil)
Lydia Cornell (Barbara)
Deborah Shelton (Madeline)
Sofia Seirli (Sister Elena)
Despina Tomazani (Lethe’s mother)
Rania Photiou (Lethe)
Spyros Papafrantziz (Dionysis)
Irini Tripkou (virgin)
Annabel Schofield (Vikki)
Alternative Titles
Bloodtide – USA
Demon Island – USA (television)
Die Gezeiten des Blutes – West Germany
Das Monster aus der Tiefe – West Germany
The Red Tide – working title
Verinen vuorovesi – Finland
Links
Extracts included in
Terror on Tape (1983)
Production Notes
Production
The film was shot on the island of Monemvasia in the Greek Peloponessus in the summer of 1980 1Screen International no.250 (19-26 July 1980) p.15
References
Periodicals
- Continental Film and Video Review vol.29 no.6 (April 1982) pp.38 – illustrated review
- Flesh and Blood no.5 (September 1995) pp.52, 53 – illustrated credits, review (1980 by Julian Grainger and Peter Benassi)
- Screen International no.237 (19 April 1980) p.67
- Screen International no.248 (5-12 July 1980) p.15 – illustrated note
- Screen International no.250 (19-26 July 1980) p.15 – illustrated article (‘Red Tide’ brings in new talent)
- Screen International no.254 (16-23 August 1980) p.9 – note (World news desk: Around the world: Greece)
- Variety 13 October 1982 p.14 – credits, review
Books
- Dead or Alive: British Horror Films 1980-1989 (festival edition) by Darrell Buxton (ed) pp.10-11 – credits, review (by Fraser Burnett)
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.270
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.55 – credits, synopsis
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.29-30
