| Nightmare Beach | |
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi (as Harry Kirkpatrick) |
| Produced by | Josi W. Konski William J. Immermann |
| Written by | Umberto Lenzi (as Harry Kirkpatrick) Vittorio Rambaldi |
| Starring | Nicolas de Toth Sarah Buxton Rawley Valverde John Saxon Michael Parks Lance LeGault |
| Music by | Claudio Simonetti |
| Cinematography | Antonio Climati |
| Editing by | John Rawson |
| Distributed by | Elpico S.A. |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States Italy |
| Language | English |
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.
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.
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