The Horror of Party Beach 1964

 

 

 Here it is, the worlds first Horror Monster musical picture ever.  This is a classic "so bad it's good" picture if ever I saw one.  Of all the people in this movie, this is their first film and for most the only movie they would do in their career.  We start with a beach blanket bingo-esque party happening.  About the same time some radioactive waste is dropped into the water just off shore.  The music that plays as the radioactive waste spreads around the ocean (which I think is just someone filming a fish tank) might be some of the best sci-fi/horror movie mood music I've ever heard.  Everything is going good on the beach until a fight breaks out.  That's about the time the monsters first make themselves seen.  More on that later!  A shout out to the Del-Aires who manage to keep the party going with their music.  All the songs were written just for use in this movie.  Now, you ready?  OK, for those that have never seen the actual monster that is responsible for the horror being on Party Beach in the first place, here's what they look like:

 

There it is.  The googly eyed hot dog stuffed mouth monster of party beach.  One of the most ridiculous monsters you'll ever see in a horror movie for sure.  And there's more than one of them.  Oh brother what a corker! 

 

Scientists and police can't seem to find a way to fight the monsters.  That is until Eulabelle (she's one of the main families Mammy-like housekeeper) spills some sort of liquid sodium on a severed monster arm.  See it or not; it definitely is worth one view even if Stephen King does call it "an abysmal little wet fart of a film".  I'm a little more kind and can find the humor in all of it.  I'll go out on a limb here and give this three voodoo dolls out of five.