A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
Jacqueline Giroux
- Mickey
- (as Jackie Giroux)
Carole White
- Helen
- (as Carol Ita White)
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Did you know
- GoofsThere is a clear change from exterior scenes shot on the beach to beach scenes shot in a studio. The lawn chairs on the beach are a light color. In the studio scenes, the lawn chairs are black.
- Quotes
Neil Glynn: Hey... are these trees? Hm?
Arlene Glynn: They are trees.
Neil Glynn: Hm-hm. You know, the last time we were by here, it seemed like they were smaller. You remember these trees, kids?
DeeDee Glynn: Oh, you don't forget trees like these, dad.
Steve Glynn: I think I remember them, dad.
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Terror on the Beach
A family experiences 'Terror on the Beach' when a group of youngsters attacks them on their vacation. Basically we are introduced to the Gwynn family who are your typical American family. They have their arguments, but overall love each other greatly. They begin to be targeted by a group of young people. The gang runs them off the road at one point, tricks them into thinking their car is broken down, goes to their camp and takes some of their stuff, etc. It escalates quickly and it's obvious that the family are in real danger of being physically hurt. That's when they must come together and fight back against the gang who believe they own the beach.
'Terror on the Beach' feels a bit like 'National Lampoon's Vacation' meets 'The Hill Have Eyes' meets 'Duel'. We have the family who are in the family van going on a trip. When they get to the beach area, they are stalked and watched by members of the gang. The gang also tries to drive them off the road at times... so it has the feel of a bunch of different films. The acting was good enough, especially from Parsons and Weaver, But 'Terror on the Beach' failed to do what a lot of the other ABC movie of the week films did. It lacked great suspense or high drama. This one had it's moments, but at the end of the day is your pretty average made for TV movie.
It has some good moments, particularly towards the end when the family finally fights back against the gang. There are some great beach location shots to go with it. I'd probably recommend catching this online if you are interested in 70's television movies, but it is one of the more slower moving one's from that time.
5/10
'Terror on the Beach' feels a bit like 'National Lampoon's Vacation' meets 'The Hill Have Eyes' meets 'Duel'. We have the family who are in the family van going on a trip. When they get to the beach area, they are stalked and watched by members of the gang. The gang also tries to drive them off the road at times... so it has the feel of a bunch of different films. The acting was good enough, especially from Parsons and Weaver, But 'Terror on the Beach' failed to do what a lot of the other ABC movie of the week films did. It lacked great suspense or high drama. This one had it's moments, but at the end of the day is your pretty average made for TV movie.
It has some good moments, particularly towards the end when the family finally fights back against the gang. There are some great beach location shots to go with it. I'd probably recommend catching this online if you are interested in 70's television movies, but it is one of the more slower moving one's from that time.
5/10
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- Toronto85
- Jun 16, 2013
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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