The Horror of Party Beach

I guess I am nostalgic. I have come to enjoy some of the worst movies ever made - - > low-budget drive-in monster movies from the 50's and 60's! This one has not aged well but does fall into the category of so-bad-it's-good. This movie from 1964 has a beach party with a bunch of "teens" (who look like they're in their 30's), a live rock-n-roll band, and a guy in a rubber suit carrying off some of the finest babes! What more can you ask for? Well, for starters, they could have told the lip-synching band to plug in their electric guitars to make the concert a bit more realistic. Plus, there are female voices in the songs but no female singers. What's up with that? I'm not sure what makes this one special but I gave it a five. If it had been worse I might have given it a ten, but it's not quite bad enough. Good for laughs and very entertaining and nostalgic.

In Director Del Tenney's THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH, the deep gives birth to bug-eyed mutants after radioactive waste is dumped from a passing ship. Soon, unwary beach-niks become food for these fishy fiends. Preposterous to its gushy core, it's still an ocean's worth of fun to watch! From the ill-conceived, non-threatening monsters- complete with mouths full of sausages, to the less-than convincing beach bums vs. bikers battle, to the slumber party slaughter sequence, this movie is pure, hyper-schlock entertainment! Toss in Tenney himself, along with his Del-Aires providing the music, and this is a religious experience! BEST CHARACTER IN THIS MOVIE: Eulabelle the maid (Eulabelle Moore), since she's the only one with a functioning brain!...

I loved this movie when I was a kid and remember being especially scared by the music, I mean the music that accompanied the transformation in the water (the skeleton to the monster) and when the monsters were sneaking up on their victims. The other music, by the band on the beach, it was likable enough to a fan of brit pop and the beach boys, which I was. I saw a pretty gory version of it compared to what ended up on Mystery Science Theater years later, I'm happy to see from some fans of this movie, that I didn't imagine all those scenes that were obviously cut. As a kid, I could even recognize the horrible acting, but it still was serious fun to watch and I thought it was pretty suspenseful on the part of the monsters stalking their prey.

This is one of the most memorable films from my childhood. As the beach party teens dance and sing (doing "The Zombie Stomp"), offshore a chemical spill re-animates a skeleton at the bottom of the sea into gill man (yes with hot dog looking protrusions from the mouth) and the creatures go on a killing spree! Some of the scenes are so dark it's hard to determine what is happening! See the monsters attack a girls' slumber party, see nice hair hopping chicks with a flat tire fall victims to the atomic beasts, see mother nature strike back at sinful beach teens! Some generally fun dialog, similar to Waters movie that you will surely quote!

It's hard to hate a film that creeped me out for years! made me leery of dark forests and deep water forever. I know it is drekk but it's definitely good drekk.What startled me at the time was how fast it got to the point. Beach scenes, spilled radiation barrels,the monster created,and gets its first victim a few minutes later with blood gushing everywhere.Then a few dull minutes of talk,then the classic slumber party scene!20 girls laughing,singing,and having pillow fight not knowing the things from hell are creeping outside!The attack is surprisingly gory,with shots of bloodied bodies all over the room.definitely get the 79 minute version,not the edited tv version.