Nightmare Beach (1989)
Aka Welcome to Spring Break (a better title seeing as none of the action takes place on a beach) director Umberto Lenzi takes us to spring break in Florida as we witness a leather clad motorcyclist murder revelers by electrocuting them.
A fun film lacking the strong violence often associated with Lenzi's more notorious productions but this does have a straightforward remarkably entertaining storyline with a couple of 'names' in Michael Parks and John Saxon giving the film star power even if Saxon is a bit out of character as a corrupt cop.
There's plenty of scenes of fun and sun loving beach bodies which flesh out the running time and the plot remains engaging throughout.
What really grates is Claudio Simonetti's godawful score. Ripping off Iron Maiden's Flash of the Blade which appeared in Argento's earlier Phenomena (1985). It sounds horrendous and dates the film considerably.
On the whole Nightmare Beach is a very enjoyable slasher and the 88 Films Blu-ray looks great.
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