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Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

GL84 After a series of strange teen disappearances, the locals in a small seaside town find the area to be infested with sea-born monsters created by radioactivity from spilled nuclear dumping in the ocean and track them down before they kill the entire population.Overall this was a deliciously cheesy and enjoyable monster effort. A great deal of fun here comes from the film's determined, single- minded nature that really has no other function than being exactly that. For the most this is due to the film's focus on the teens in the story, from the ludicrously and grossly over-featured teen- dance-party on the beach, with all the unnecessary drama associated with such fare especially back in the 50s and 60s, including the extended focus on lame music and rituals that are just unbelievably bad and cheesy to their enhanced screen-presence that plays right into their hands as the leads and the rather heavy presence of these tropes coming together into being a monster film just sells this as a silly cheesefest. Then we get to the monsters which are some of the goofiest-looking creations ever in their designs which just adds to the cheesy atmosphere even more, and is a ton of fun for the film whenever they're on-screen and they're given quite a lot here which is quite surprising. Not only is there the creation sequence in all it's glory showing the creatures getting mutated and changed into their final form but the scenes of them peering behind walls or approaching off in the distance which keeps them as a somewhat focal point so have a lot of time on-screen which makes them look all the better. Even better though is the fact that, despite being so cheesy it has an air of suspense and action throughout, with a lot of attacks and these aren't that bad from the first appearance on the shoreline sneaking up on the unsuspecting victim, a stellar attack on a group of girls having a sleepover and more stalking scenes of the forests surrounding the town picking off unsuspecting travelers. Far better, though, is their attack on the town which is the best scene here and gets some solid action and exciting moments in their attacks on the side-streets, the doctor's office and in the various stores in the town which is rather fun. These here make this one quite fun and much more enjoyable than expected, though it's still somewhat flawed. The biggest issue with this one is undoubtedly the teen-centered nature of this, which is so over-the-top here with its banal romance and party-filled atmosphere that it sometimes becomes hard to get through it with such a small focus on interesting elements with this one not really allowing for much to really matter here. The dancing, the lousy musical numbers piped into the film on a regular basis and the angst-filled melodrama makes for some rather troubling areas and aren't all that enjoyable. Likewise, there's also the cheesy creatures to contend with for as good as their design is there's plenty of goofiness in their suit construction and often-times resemble that entirely which makes for some laughable main creatures. Still, this was far better than expected and immensely enjoyable.Today's Rating/PG: Violence.

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

Galamoth Black Stereotypes, guys being idiots while ogling women, women acting like idiots, guys driving around in cars for no reason(get this) trying to find.... SODIUM to kill sea monsters! Now you gotta forgive the lousy monster costumes. By today's standards these outfits are about as silly as they ever could have gotten. The 60's were messed up, and the surf music played endlessly by a band on the beach is even bad. How do you screw up surf music that bad? The movie wants to be some sort of really deep and meaningful message aimed at people who pollute the ocean. Now that is a noble and sobering message, but complete bullshit and absolutely silly because the end result according to this movie is idiotic sea monsters who look like their mouths are stuffed with hot dogs.Of course they haunt and terrify women in the surrounding area, and this scientist discovers sodium can kill the monsters. But the problem is that even after this discovery, they don't bother to just buy some sodium from the local grocery store. NO! After all, that would make too much goddamn sense! Instead, this teenage kid runs around new york for no reason, and finally they throw the hell out of the sodium, killing the sea monsters, and as they carry off an injured girl, for some reason she is faking an orgasm(No, I am NOT KIDDING about that) Then, the movie credits roll over the lousy beach band who is so bad they actually screwed up Surf Music.

Michael_Elliott Horror of Party Beach, The (1964) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Insane cult classic from director Del Tenney who also made the infamous I Drink Your Blood. Dumb scientists are dumping toxic waste into the ocean, which in turn creates half fish, half zombie monsters that start attacking the locals and drinking their blood. This is one of those infamous bad films that has gained a huge cult following over the years and it's easy to see why since this film has pretty much everything. This is certaily a very poor movie but there's just a certain charm that keeps it entertaining throughout. We've got jocks, bikers, sluts, sea monsters, bad rock 'n roll, insane dialogue and everything else. The sea monsters are some of the dumbest looking monsters ever created but that adds to the charm. The dialogue is also very silly but this here gets plenty of laughs as well. If you're into these 'so bad they're good" films then this here is a must see. The original rock 'n roll songs in the film are also terrible, especially "Zombie stomp".