DAILY CALL SHEET: OCTOBER 1, 2024

 

Blood Beach (1980) Something is sucking people down into the sands near Santa Monica Pier, leaving behind only the occasional body part as evidence of its attacks. The police, led by John Saxon (hurrah), seem stumped in their attempts to locate the creature, so Harry of the harbor patrol decides to get personally involved. An unremarkable but enjoyable creature feature that's mostly remembered these days for it's classic tagline riffing on Jaws 2, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water - you can't get to it."

TIL: Settled in 1769 and incorporated in 1886, Santa Monica is named for (duh) Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Married off to a pagan with a short fuse, the young Monica nevertheless stuck to her Christian beliefs. The result? All three of her children, though initially forbidden by their father to be baptized, would end up entering the religious life, with Augustine, of course, becoming one of the central figures in both Christian history and Western philosophy in general. Good mothers matter.

I HAVE SOME NOTES: Still writing down my ramblings on my daily Scripture readings.