needs a remake badly

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I just finished watching a crappy DVD-copy that I bought on half.com distributed by Desert Island Classics. The source video is clearly a well-worn VHS copy that was burned to DVD (yes, it is complete with rolling tracking lines). The DVD case features awful artwork that looks like it was slapped together by a failed graphic artist using photos found on google images. Now, back to the movie. I had never seen it before but had been curious about it for 30 years. In hindsight, can't believe that I wasted even a second's time thinking about it. While it is an interesting premise, there is virtually no blood nor suspense in the movie. There are too many long, protracted scenes where secondary characters blather on about nothing, such as a distraught wife going into exhaustive detail about what her missing husband was wearing. The best/worst is a useless scene where Marianna HIll sings off-key in a saloon (you'll want to fast forward through it). There's also a confusing scene where the Harry character makes a date with his slutty stewardess neighbor, breaks the date a minute later to go out with Catherine, but then the movie cuts to Harry complaining to Catherine that he was stood up by the stewardess. A lot of the dialog is out of sync with the video, so that's good for a laugh or two. Believe it or not, the music soundtrack isn't half bad, although parts of it sound like it was lifted from an episode of Knots Landing. I did enjoy seeing delapitated old buildings that were at the Santa Monica pier and was surprised at how run down the now famous landmark had sunk by 1980. The monster that lives below the sand looks like he was borrowed from Little Shop of Horrors and is not the least bit scary. FYI, we never actually see it attack a single victim; it just kinda flails about and roars. The finale happens very quickly, but naturally sets up the story for a thankfully never-to-be-filmed sequel. The acting isn't awful in this one - John Saxon is quite sturdy, Burt Young appears to be intoxicated throughout, and David Huffman is likable. And as a previous poster noted, this film would probably only warrant a PG rating today as there is surprisingly little to no gore. In the end credits, both Ms. Hill's first name and the production company's name are mis-spelled. Just another example of the poor production value that went into this film.

The major similarity is that it involves a monster under the sand eating people, but the story is too different for it to be a remake. I'm sure Blood Beach inspired The Sand to some degree, though. In practice the 2015 flick is more of a 'trapped' horror, a la 'The Raft' segment in Creepshow 2.