Nightmare Beach
Encyclopedia
Nightmare Beach, released in the United States as Welcome to Spring Break, is an Italian-American horror released in 1988 film directed by Umberto Lenzi
, using the pseudonym Harry Kirkpatrick, and starring Nicolas de Toth, Sarah Buxton, John Saxon
, and Michael Parks
.
While Spring Break is occurring, a mysterious biker appears and begins to dispatch people when the back of his bike has a lever that when pulled combined with a button pushed by the biker causes the victim to undergo a treatment similar to the electric chair. When Ronny ends up a victim of the mysterious killer, Skip attempts to find Ronny with the help of Gail, who works as a bartender during Spring Break. The duo soon find Ronny and learn that local police chief Strycher (John Saxon) and physician Doc Willet (Michael Parks) have covered up Ronny's death in order for the partygoers not to worry. However, as the body count rises, Gail and Skip begin to wonder. Did Diablo make good on his promise to return from the dead or is someone else responsible?
A confrontation at a local tire yard between Gail and the killer soon reveals the killer's identity. The killer is Reverend Bates (Lance Le Gault), who thinks Spring Break is nothing more than an excuse for sins. Considering himself a "guardian angel", he feels all sinners must die like Diablo, "death by electrocution". Bates also confesses to being the real killer of Gail's sister. Skip arrives in time and fights off Bates. As the duo run, Bates hops on his bike and goes after them only to trip his bike on a stray tire. Bates goes off the bike onto an electric field and like those he murdered and Diablo, dies by electrocution. The next day, Skip and Gail decide to leave Florida and head to Ohio, where Skip hails from.
Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi , is an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, spaghetti westerns, war movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries ....
, using the pseudonym Harry Kirkpatrick, and starring Nicolas de Toth, Sarah Buxton, John Saxon
John Saxon (actor)
John Saxon is an American actor who has worked on over 200 projects during the span of sixty years. Saxon is most known for his work in horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Christmas, both of which feature Saxon as a policeman in search of the killer...
, and Michael Parks
Michael Parks
Michael Parks is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in almost fifty films and has made frequent TV appearances, but is probably best known for his work in recent years with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith as well as the 1969 television series Then Came...
.
Plot
Diablo, the leader of the Demons motorcycle gang, is about to be executed for the murder of a young woman. Confronting the victim's sister Gail (Sarah Buxton), he proclaims his innocence and vows to return before being he is killed via electric chair. A year passes and Spring Break has come to Miami. Two football players, Skip (Nicolas de Toth) and Ronny (Rawley Valverde) are amongst the partygoers for the week long festivities.While Spring Break is occurring, a mysterious biker appears and begins to dispatch people when the back of his bike has a lever that when pulled combined with a button pushed by the biker causes the victim to undergo a treatment similar to the electric chair. When Ronny ends up a victim of the mysterious killer, Skip attempts to find Ronny with the help of Gail, who works as a bartender during Spring Break. The duo soon find Ronny and learn that local police chief Strycher (John Saxon) and physician Doc Willet (Michael Parks) have covered up Ronny's death in order for the partygoers not to worry. However, as the body count rises, Gail and Skip begin to wonder. Did Diablo make good on his promise to return from the dead or is someone else responsible?
A confrontation at a local tire yard between Gail and the killer soon reveals the killer's identity. The killer is Reverend Bates (Lance Le Gault), who thinks Spring Break is nothing more than an excuse for sins. Considering himself a "guardian angel", he feels all sinners must die like Diablo, "death by electrocution". Bates also confesses to being the real killer of Gail's sister. Skip arrives in time and fights off Bates. As the duo run, Bates hops on his bike and goes after them only to trip his bike on a stray tire. Bates goes off the bike onto an electric field and like those he murdered and Diablo, dies by electrocution. The next day, Skip and Gail decide to leave Florida and head to Ohio, where Skip hails from.
Cast
- Nicolas de Toth as Skip Banachek
- Sarah Buxton as Gail
- John SaxonJohn Saxon (actor)John Saxon is an American actor who has worked on over 200 projects during the span of sixty years. Saxon is most known for his work in horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Black Christmas, both of which feature Saxon as a policeman in search of the killer...
as Strycher - Michael ParksMichael ParksMichael Parks is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in almost fifty films and has made frequent TV appearances, but is probably best known for his work in recent years with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith as well as the 1969 television series Then Came...
as Doc Willet - Lance LeGaultLance LeGaultLance LeGault , sometimes credited as W. L. LeGault, is an American film and television actor, best known as Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series The A-Team.-Personal life:...
as Reverend Bates - Rawley Valverde as Ronny Rivera
- Tony Bolano as Diablo
- Yamilet Hidalgo as Trina
- Luis Valderrama as Dawg
Soundtrack
- KirstenKirstenKirsten is a Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of the name Christina. It may refer to:People with the surname Kirsten:* Benjamin Kirsten , British singer* Dorothy Kirsten , American opera singer...
- "Don't Take My Heart" - Kirsten "Say the Word"
- Animal- "Rock Like an Animal"
- Derek St. HolmesDerek St. HolmesDerek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
and Ron Bloom- "Eye of the Hunter" - Derek St. HolmesDerek St. HolmesDerek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
and Ron Bloom- "I Knew How to Rock" - Rondinelli- "Bad Love So Right"
- Rondinelli- "Mean N' Nasty"
- Rondinelli- "Fear No Evil"
- Juanita- "Do What You Do"
- Rough CuttRough CuttRough Cutt was an American heavy metal band from San Diego, California in the 1980s. They were based in Los Angeles after signing a recording contract with Warner Brothers...
- "Dynamite"