Escape From Coral Cove, Asian Swimsuit Models vs. Monster

We have a bloody sea-monster film today from Hong Kong. Actually, 1986's "Escape From Coral Cove" serves as a swimsuit calendar photo-shoot and horror film. Gratuitous to the max with Asian swimsuit models in the surf, jumping around playing volleyball, diving, sailing, cat-fighting, and frolicking in the surf...and being shredded by a weird monster. When not seeking pre-marital sex, our damsels are beset upon by a fiend bent on their destruction.

Okay, a plot...if you must! Hunk Alex (Alex Feng) is driving his red convertible with his GF Chen-Chen (Yin Cheung Joh). Chen-Chen will don a tight, black and leopard-skin swimsuit throughout most of this film. On cue, a helicopter delivers Chen-Chen's sister San-San (Else Chan) and her friend Irene (Yeun-Ching Leung). Alex also seeks pre-marital sex with these two which will really tick-off Chen-Chen. Oh yes, San-San will don a tight, revealing red swimsuit and Irene a white Donald Duck swimsuit. All three ladies will do a lot of frolicking in the surf and San-San and Chen-Chen will go at it as they fight for Alex' affections. Irene isn't interested in Alex, and this will bother the horny two-timer, but Irene has her sights on a mad-scientist wannabe, Dak (Louis Kong).

Back to substantive parts of the plot...our group sails to a beach arousing the attention of a humanoid, underwater monster. It will follow our crew and then set its sights on the gals...not all of them will fare well.  As the gals battle each other, frolic some more in the surf, fight over Alex, and jump around on the sandy beach, the monster moves in. Gratuitous camera shots highlight all of this capturing the gals all wet, rolling around in the sand, and then jumping up and down a lot. Eventually the camera will be able to focus on severed body parts of these women, and their spurting blood.

Will either Irene, Chen-Chen, or San-San survive the wrath of this creature? Will Alex complete his quest to have pre-marital sex with all three of these gals? Does the creature have any other desires with these women other than clawing them to pieces...think Roger Corman films? Gratuitous swimsuit model scenes make "Escape From Coral Cove" a worthwhile take, and oh by the way...its a monster film. Perhaps Roger Corman would have added additional humiliation for our three damsels, but the three women in this film beat any of the 1980s Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. Directed by Terence Chang, "Escape From Coral Cove" is a guilty pleasure you will enjoy...and never talk about if you desire those around you to think you have any semblance of sophistication.