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| Director: | Jeffrey Bloom | 
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| Writer: | Jeffrey Bloom, Steven Nalevansky | 
| Staring: | 
| Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 01, 1980 | 
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| Director: | Jeffrey Bloom | 
| Writer: | Jeffrey Bloom, Steven Nalevansky | 
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror | 
| Keywords | beach, monster, sand, spoof | 
| Production Companies | Compass International Pictures, Empress Film Production Corporation | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $2,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| David Huffman | Harry Caulder | 
| Marianna Hill | Catherine Hutton | 
| Burt Young | Sergeant Royko | 
| John Saxon | Captain Pearson | 
| Otis Young | Lieutenant Piantadosi | 
| Stefan Gierasch | Dr. Dimitrios | 
| Darrell Fetty | Hoagy | 
| Lynne Marta | Jo | 
| Eleanor Zee | Mrs. Selden | 
| Lena Pousette | Marie | 
| Pamela McMyler | Mrs. Hench | 
| Ian Abercrombie | Man in Mayor's Office | 
| Mary Jo Catlett | Harriett Crabbe | 
| Harriet Medin | Ruth Hutton | 
| Laura Burkett | Girl in Sand | 
| Mickey Fox | Moose | 
| Marleta Giles | Girlfriend | 
| Jacqueline Randall | 2nd Girl | 
| Don Barlow | 1st Boy | 
| Julie Dolan | Karen | 
| David Wysong | 2nd Boy | 
| Bobby Bass | Rapist | 
| Christopher Franklin | David | 
| Sandra Friebel | Sue Hardy | 
| Read Morgan | Reporter Under Pier | 
| Marcus Chong | 2nd Kid | 
| Lavelle Roby | Woman in Mayor's Office | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Dan Perri | Title Designer | 
| Steven Poster | Director of Photography | 
| Jeffrey Bloom | Screenplay, Director, Story | 
| Steven Nalevansky | Story | 
| Gil Mellé | Music | 
| Mel Dellar | Production Supervisor | 
| Connie Nichols | Hairstylist | 
| Dellwyn Rheume | Special Effects | 
| Rick Gentz | Set Decoration | 
| William Sandell | Art Direction | 
| Jack Frost Sanders | Production Manager | 
| Gary Griffin | Editor | 
| Monty Westmore | Makeup Artist | 
| Bill Balles | Special Effects | 
| Bud S. Isaacs | Editorial Consultant | 
| Elie Cohn | Assistant Director | 
| Andrew A. Ackerman | Second Assistant Director | 
| Margaret Hanly | Script Supervisor | 
| John Koester | Camera Operator | 
| Ronald Batzdorff | Gaffer | 
| Ken Miller | Key Grip | 
| Malcolm Lubliner | Creature Design | 
| Marilyn McMahon Adams | Assistant Editor | 
| Bob Badami | Music Editor | 
| William Randall Jr. | Sound Mixer | 
| Gary Gero | Animal Wrangler | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Run Run Shaw | Producer | 
| Steven Nalevansky | Producer | 
| Neil Canton | Associate Producer | 
| Sidney Beckerman | Executive Producer | 
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