{"id":21370,"date":"2020-07-06T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-pacifist-is-forced-into-violence-in-terror-on-the-beach\/"},"modified":"2020-07-06T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T21:30:00","slug":"a-pacifist-is-forced-into-violence-in-terror-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-pacifist-is-forced-into-violence-in-terror-on-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"#A Pacifist Is Forced Into Violence in \u2018Terror on the Beach\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a253630b9da7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a253630b9da7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-pacifist-is-forced-into-violence-in-terror-on-the-beach\/#Our_latest_dip_into_70s_TV_terrors_sees_a_family_harassed_by_hippies_at_the_beach_and_pushed_to_the_breaking_point\" >Our latest dip into 70s TV terrors sees a family harassed by hippies at the beach and pushed to the breaking point.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#A Pacifist Is Forced Into Violence in \u2018Terror on the Beach\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">TV<\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Rob Hunter<\/span>                   <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 5, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_latest_dip_into_70s_TV_terrors_sees_a_family_harassed_by_hippies_at_the_beach_and_pushed_to_the_breaking_point\"><\/span>Our latest dip into 70s TV terrors sees a family harassed by hippies at the beach and pushed to the breaking point.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>4:3 &#038; Forgotten<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 a weekly column in which\u00a0Kieran Fisher and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the \u201970s. This one is about the 1973 film, Terror on the Beach.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Two years after Dennis Weaver faced off against a mysterious killer playing road <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s along America\u2019s highways in Steven Spielberg\u2019s <em>Duel<\/em> (1975), he had the balls to get behind the wheel once again. Had he learned nothing from his encounter with the faceless menace? Had he forgotten that madmen have drivers licenses too? Let\u2019s find out together as we spend 4th of July weekend avoiding the real beach and instead visiting a CBS Tuesday night movie from 1973, <strong><em>Terror on the Beach<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> CBS<br \/><\/br><strong>When:<\/strong> September 18, 1973<\/p>\n<p>Neil Glynn (Weaver) is looking to get away with his wife Arlene (Estelle Parsons), son Steve (Kristoffer Tabori), and daughter DeeDee (Susan Dey), so they pack the camper van and head for the coast. Some obnoxious jerks in a converted bus and a dune buggy harass them along the highway to the point of running them off the road, but the family carries on to their preferred spot alongside the beach and sets up camp. It\u2019s not long before the aggressors return \u2014 they steal some food, intimidate the women, scare the family at night, call Neil Mister Whitebread, and soon it\u2019s clear they\u2019re not just looking for kicks, man. The Glynns are on their own, and they eventually realize that means the only ones who can save them from death by hippie are themselves.<\/p>\n<p>When I first moved to the west coast it coincided with a terrifying double homicide of a young couple camping on Jenner Beach just north of California\u2019s Bay Area. The case was unsolved for over a decade and always sat at the back of my mind whenever I went camping with friends. As fun and awesome as sitting around a campfire can be, there\u2019s a real terror there too as your vision is typically obscured at night not too far beyond the fire \u2014 meaning that while you can\u2019t see the bad guys, the bad guys can most definitely see you. The sequence here where the family sings around the fire before heading into bed only to be stopped cold by unseen voices in the darkness mocking their song? Well that\u2019s creepy as hell. It\u2019s also, sadly, the only truly unsettling scene in <em>Terror on the Beach<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Terror On The Beach\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/terror-on-the-beach-1.jpg\" width=\"450\"><\/img>Director Paul Wendkos is no stranger to the genre having helmed 1971\u2019s <em>The Mephisto Waltz<\/em> as well as a handful of other TV terrors including <em>The Bad Seed<\/em> (1985), <em>Good Against Evil<\/em> (1977), and <em>Fear No Evil<\/em> (1969). He\u2019s more than competent as a filmmaker, but Bill Svanoe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> keeps things pretty light and prevents Wendkos of flexing some darker muscles. The hippie gang \u2014 three cool dudes and four far out ladies \u2014 manage brief moments of intimidation, but the bulk of their efforts are from behind the wheel of dune buggies. It makes for some action thrills, but their roaring, sand-spitting shenanigans aren\u2019t all that terrifying. That truth doubles down once the family finally steps up to fight back revealing these hooligans as nothing more than jerks.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict remains the heart of the film, but the script also seems eager to comment in a few <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> directions as well. First, and most obviously, is a minor critique of those damn dirty hippies. They\u2019re aimless which in turn leads to violence, and the issue appears to be their false sense of family. After the Glynns capture one of the thugs, he seems enamored by seeing what a true family looks like, adding \u201cThat\u2019s what Jerry said we were, but he didn\u2019t know what it means.\u201d Sick burn on Jerry the hippie. There\u2019s also a minor bone tossed towards women\u2019s liberation as DeeDee challenges her mom\u2019s immediate rush to clean up after a dinner she made. The suggestion is that women are equal and worth every consideration than men receive, but the discussion is quickly shelved so that the women can run foolishly into danger and hope for rescue by the men.<\/p>\n<p>The big one, though, and the movie\u2019s apparent thesis, is in regards to the role pacifism plays when confronted by violence. Neil and Steve are at odds early on as the son is outwardly disappointed in his father\u2019s lack of response to the harassment. The elder man thinks he can ignore the issue and wait for them to simply move on to harassing someone else, but Steve thinks otherwise. Sometimes you have to hit first, he says, before it\u2019s too late. Dad can\u2019t quite get behind that idea, whether due to principles or cowardice, but by the time his son is jumping atop moving dune buggies he\u2019s forced to act whether he wants to or not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Terror on the Beach<\/em> never goes for the jugular, and while it doesn\u2019t necessarily need to the result is a fairly tame encounter with some freeloading pricks. It unsettles a bit early on as there\u2019s nothing fun about being harassed by a group of strangers, but it\u2019s made clear too soon that these villains are more bark than bite. Still, Dennis Weaver 2, menacing thugs on four wheels 0.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><em>Turn the dial (okay fine just click here) for more 4:3 &#038; Forgotten.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/terror-on-the-beach-1973\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=terror-on-the-beach-1973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#A Pacifist Is Forced Into Violence in \u2018Terror on the Beach\u2019&#8221; Home Columns TV Rob Hunter July 5, 2020 Our latest dip into 70s TV terrors sees a family harassed by hippies at the beach and pushed to the breaking point. 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