The Horror of Party Beach (1964) 2.5
Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community. Director:Del TenneyWriter:Richard Hilliard (screenplay) |
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The Horror of Party Beach (1964) 2.5
Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community. Director:Del TenneyWriter:Richard Hilliard (screenplay) |
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John Scott | ... |
Hank Green
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Alice Lyon | ... |
Elaine Gavin
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Allan Laurel | ... |
Dr. Gavin
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Eulabelle Moore | ... |
Eulabelle
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Marilyn Clarke | ... |
Tina
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Agustin Mayor | ... |
Mike
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Damon Kebroyd | ... |
Lt. Wells
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Munroe Wade | ... |
TV Announcer
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Carol Grubman | ... |
Girl in Car
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Dina Harris | ... |
Girl Killed by Monster
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Emily Laurel | ... |
Girl in Car
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Sharon Murphy | ... |
1st Girl
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Diane Prizio | ... |
2nd Girl
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The Del-Aires | ... |
Band Group
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Charter Oaks M.C. | ... |
Motorcycle gang
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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? Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
At the beginning of this film, you'd think you were watching one of those "beach party" musicals as The Del Aires - a so-so group of the day - provide us with some rock music of the time period. Hey, we even got a folk song later by a couple of girls. It wasn't exactly Joan Baez and company, but they weren't bad.
Alice Lyon as "Elaine Gavin" may be one of the all-time worst actresses I've even seen on film. It is no shock this is her only movie. Some of the other actors ranged from bad to decent.
However, it's the "monsters" - the guys with the "Creature From the Black Lagoon" suits but with better eyeballs and hot dog-like appendages hanging from their cheeks - that mainly make this horrible film a hoot, making not really horrible but good because it was fun to watch.
To its credit, it was fairly fast-moving, too, with enough action to keep one's interest. The "creatures" were an active bunch! It all makes for decent viewing if you are a fan of the 1950s schlock monster and/or sci-fi films.
Recommended!