AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Aaron1375 This film is a rather bad little monster film from the 60's that is most notable for having monsters that look as if they have hot dogs or pickles shoved in their mouths. Your pick, it could be either one considering this film is in black and white. The film was riffed by Mystery Science Theater 3000, but the score here is not because they riffed this movie, this film was made fun of many times before it aired on that show. I remember something that came on HBO and predated MST3K that featured a lot of well known comedy actors and SNL alum. I remember John Candy was in it, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd as long as a few others...I even think Cheech and Chong were in it and they basically showed clips of horrible movies and riffed them. This is one of the films they made fun of as I believe Gilda Radner did this one and even she commented on the absurdity of the monsters and suggested they had hot dogs in their mouths. So no, this film is not some beloved classic that only has a low score because of MST3K, but it is a bad film in general. A film featuring singing and dancing at the beach for the first portion of the film and then becomes a horror movie where there really seems to be no sense of urgency in killing the monsters despite knowing their weakness.The story, well, as I have said there is a party going on at the beach. A couple who seem to hate each other attend and the girl flirts and despite the fact the guy apparently loathes her, he gets jealous and angry when she tries to have some fun. Offshore, however, there is some illegal dumping of toxic waste going on...well, I only assume it was illegal, considering the time this film took place the dumping may have been a okay. Well, this toxic waste has no effect on the marine life, but does cause dead bodies to rise and become aquatic monsters! Makes sense right? No effect on living things, but can bring the dead back to life...and I am also kind of wondering why there were so many dead corpses just offshore for the waste to affect. Well, the girl gets killed and her death sparks a monster outbreak and pretty much ends the party at horror beach. The rest of the film is watching people killed by the monsters at slumber parties, as they take wrong turns or just out for a stroll while a scientist and the arrogant prick who caused his girl's death moves on to another girl. Of course, a solution to the monster problem is found when someone accidentally knocks over a glass of sodium by a monster's arm...cause you know, they would have the one thing that could save the world right on the desk by the monster arm. What are the odds? This made for a very funny episode of MST3K as it is a film that deserved to be riffed as most of the films that they riff are. Just because you liked it as a child does not mean it was a good film, lots of films I remember fondly turn out to be rather bad when I watch them again. Does not mean I cannot still enjoy them, but it also does not make the film a classic that should be revered either. The jokes were aplenty as they made fun of the monsters, the strange dubbing of the lead girl and the band at the beach. So much stuff in this one to lampoon and if you do not see it, you have no sense of humor.So yes, this film is bad. I only give it a two rather than a one because they did a rather good job at the transformation scene and the icky monster arm effect too. Otherwise, just a film featuring monsters with hot dogs in their mouths going on the attack. I am going to guess that they were implying that the hot dogs were like some sort of things the monsters used to suck the blood out of their victims, but they kind of were overkill. Too many, as they could have simply had one and actually made it move so that perhaps they could have shown the blood sucking. Unfortunately, though, the only sucking we see is the movie itself.

TheLittleSongbird The Horror of Party Beach to me is not a good movie, but it's not one of the worst movies ever made and there are worse horrors out there(ie. Manos). While not particularly great music, the soundtrack is catchy, while the slumber party scene is a classic and Eulabelle Moore brings some gusto in her role. The rest of the acting though is laughably terrible, especially from Alice Lyon, a beautiful woman but has an acting range that ranges from total blank to unnaturally forced. The choreography doesn't match the energy that the soundtrack has, much of it is repetitive and looks improvised, which gives the movie a rather amateurish feel to it. Visually, The Horror of Party Beach is a poor-looking movie, it is very choppily shot and the monsters as well as having no personality or menace whatsoever look ridiculous, very reminiscent of men in cheaply-rendered suits. The dialogue is hilariously cheesy and awkward sounding, accentuated even further by the line delivery. It's one of those cases also where you wonder whether the writers actually proof-read what they wrote to check whether it made sense, which is unlikely. The story has a lot of ponderously-paced patches, because it is so thinly structured and heavily padded there is the question of whether there is a story there, when there is it is even more senseless than the dialogue. The attacks excepting the slumber party scene are hurriedly edited and hold no surprises or thrills, they're gory but the gore doesn't add a huge amount. In conclusion, a really bad movie but there is some entertainment value, something that Manos did not have. 3/10 Bethany Cox

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Horror of Party Beach, 1964. In a seacoast town, radioactive waste is dumped in the sea. The waste causes re-animation of several zombie fish creatures to invade the seaside town and kill. The authorities attack the zombies with salt to stop the menace.*Special Stars- John Scott, Alice Lyon, Allen Laurel, Eulabelle Moore, The Del-Aires.*Theme- Atomic energy is dangerous and creates more problems for mankind.*Trivia/location/goofs- StamFord, Conn. Filmed in 3 weeks. Was rated one of the worst films ever made.*Emotion- This film is extremely hard to view and enjoy due to the basic major production flaws of bad lighting, editing, and direction. The major attention element of the monsters mask design is laughable instead of scary. As such, the entertainment value of this film is zero.*Based On- Atomic fears of the Cold War during the 50's.

ccthemovieman-1 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!