The Horror of Party Beach (1964)

Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community.

Director:

Del Tenney

Writer:

Richard Hilliard (screenplay)

Stars:

John Scott, Alice Lyon, Allan Laurel

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Scott	...	Hank Green
Alice Lyon	...	Elaine Gavin
Allan Laurel	...	Dr. Gavin
Eulabelle Moore	...	Eulabelle
Marilyn Clarke	...	Tina
Agustin Mayor	...	Mike
Damon Kebroyd	...	Lt. Wells
Munroe Wade	...	TV Announcer (as Monroe Wade)
Carol Grubman	...	Girl in Car
Dina Harris	...	Girl Killed by Monster
Emily Laurel	...	Girl in Car
Sharon Murphy	...	1st Girl
Diane Prizio	...	2nd Girl
The Del-Aires	...	Band Group
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charter Oaks M.C.	...	Motorcycle gang

Storyline

While the hot rodders and motorcyclists are having a rock-and-roll beach party, a barrel of radioactive material is unloaded from a passing ship, plunges to the bottom and splits against a jagged rock. A black liquid oozes out and covers a shapeless mass on the ocean floor, which suddenly moves and becomes an encrusted vicious monster. Soon there are several monsters and they must have human blood to survive. Tina is the first victim, and football hero Hank Green and airhead Elaine Gavin enlist the aid of her science-professor father, Dr. Gavin, to solve and capture the killer. Not working fast enough to prevent the attack on twenty teen-agers at a slumber party nor the killing of three girl motorists, Dr. Gavin finds an arm lost by one of the monsters and discovers that only sodium will destroy the monsters whose composition is mostly water. Can they gather enough salt in southern California to put an end to this horror?

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Plot Keywords:

monster | slumber party | beach | mutant | radioactive waste | 

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Taglines:

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Genres:

Horror | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Invasion of the Zombies

Filming Locations:

Gutzon Borglum Studios, Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Iselin-Tenney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chocolate syrup was used for blood during the monster attack scenes.

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Goofs

The 3 women are driving a 1958 Ford Fairlane. When they get a flat tire the shot of the tire going down shows clearly a wheel on a 1959 Chevy.

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Quotes

[a teenage couple embrace on the beach]
Girl: Johnny, I never let anyone kiss me like this before!
Irving: My name's not Johnny.
Girl: Well, what is it?
Irving: Irving!
Girl: Irving?
[she resumes her sexy voice]
Girl: What's in a name?

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Connections

Referenced in Monster (Humanoids from the Deep) (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Joy Ride"
Written by Wilford L. Holcombe and Zebedy Colt (as Edward Earle)
Performed by The Del-Aires

User Reviews

This is one of the most memorable films from my childhood!

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!