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Your boomer dad's worst nightmare: young punks ruin the family vacation.
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Terror on the Beach (1973)

suburban rageTV-movie trashkarmic carnage

Overview

DramaTV MovieThriller

When their campsite is vandalized by troublemakers, a family fights fire with fire.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Dennis Weaver's slow-burn dad rage is genuinely unsettling.

Direction

Paul Wendkos squeezes maximum paranoia from a beach budget.

Best for:Solo: Late-night curiosity about forgotten 70s TV movies.·Background: Ironically while camping with people who won't stop talking.
Heads up:Violence: Sudden brutality for a 1973 TV movie; don't let the runtime fool you.
Paul Wendkos

Director

Paul Wendkos

ReleasedSep 18, 1973
Runtime1h 14m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
20th Century Fox Television
Bedford Pictures Inc.

Top Cast

Dennis Weaver

Dennis Weaver

Neil Glynn

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons

Arlene Glynn

Kristoffer Tabori

Kristoffer Tabori

Steve Glynn

Susan Dey

Susan Dey

DeeDee Glynn

Scott Hylands

Scott Hylands

Jerry

Roberta Collins

Roberta Collins

Gail

Jacqueline Giroux

Jacqueline Giroux

Mickey

Betsy Slade

Betsy Slade

Jenny

Carole Ita White

Carole Ita White

Helen

David Knapp

David Knapp

Ranger

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Trivia

Susan Dey was starring on The Partridge Family when this aired; ABC hoped her teen appeal would draw young viewers to a very adult thriller.

Cultural

This aired during the peak of 'vigilante cinema' — between Dirty Harry and Death Wish — but made it safe for network television by making the family 'deserving' victims first.

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