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I love this movie so much

How sad is this?

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This may be a member of the "so bad it's good" category but for a 10 year old in 1964 it was fully entertaining. The music made no impression then, but on re-viewing it 45 years later a couple of the songs were vaguely recognizable("You Are Not a Summer Love" is actually not a bad little ballad all things considered). I had no recall of the wiggling white male tushies, but at age 55, that was far more frightening than the monsters were at age 10. On the other hand, there is little doubt that the girl performing the faux striptease on the beach probably elicited an unfamiliar stirring in my pre-adoloscent loins. The acting? Well, what can you say? It's a movie about radioactively mutated creatures resurrected from the dead who drink the blood of girls dressed in swimsuits and babydoll PJs - what 5th grade atomic age boy could ask for more? The ending, with the monsters writhing, steaming and moaning in the darkness, made visible by the dim light of their burning bodies wasn't bad at all. As a adult - no better than a 2. As a early 60s proto-nerd - a 10. The 6 is a fair average.

Hilarious goof ball schlock film possesses just the right ingredients to qualify as good entertainment, if not exactly a good film. You've got parties, babes, a lot of dancing and digging it, the beach, an upbeat rock group, a motorcycle club (who never actually really do anything), and an early "dangers of dumping radioactive waste" creature feature with some of the most ridiculous creatures to be seen in movies of this ilk. It's deliberately campy stuff, with absurd dialogue to spare and priceless, unconvincing performances from everybody involved. When radioactive sludge is dumped into the ocean, it contaminates a human skeleton and turns it into a great big shambling fishy beast with googly eyes and hot dogs in its mouth. (Somehow a whole lot of other creatures are created as well.) The beasts mostly like to prey on not-too-bright young women, but if dopey drunk GUYS happen to be around, well, they'll make pretty good victims too. In all honesty, I don't see how people can truly hate something like this. Directed with sincerity, if not quality, by '60 schlock purveyor Del Tenney, it never sets out to be that serious, although some of those attack scenes are kind of intense. A highlight in this regard is when two of the monsters descend upon some gals having a slumber party. One's gotta love the stiff and inane acting from the no-name cast: John Scott as square-jawed hero Hank Green, Alice Lyon as his leading lady (who definitely looks too old for her role), Allan Laurel as our resident scientist with all the answers, Marilyn Clarke as Hanks' shallow ex-girlfriend, and the memorable Eulabelle Moore playing a maid with the same name. Personally, this viewer feels that "The Horror of Party Beach" can easily take its place alongside other low budget nonsense films from the same period. Yeah, of course this is a bad film, but it still has an irresistible bad movie charm going for it. At the very least, you just can't go wrong with that steady stream of silly, harmless pop songs such as "The Zombie Stomp" and "Wigglin' Wobblin", now can you? Five out of 10.

Schlockmeister Del Tenney shot most of this Grade Z monster romp on a beach in Stamford, Conn., although the story apparently is set in southern California. Sun worshippers of varying ages are being done in by some mysterious creature from the sea (in this case, Long Island Sound). The monster was created by radioactive waste. In short order, there are two monsters and eventually many. A kindly old scientist races against time to figure out how to kill the critters, which are you basic men in rubber suits. The monsters are so slow-moving, it's amazing they manage to catch anybody. In one scene, a woman runs directly into the arms of one of them, and it still has trouble holding her. Badly acted by what appears to be some New York-based actors and lots of extras, and it's not the least bit scary. The fun part is to observe the early '60s hairdos and outfits. Some of the guys sport tiny, tight bathing shorts and wiggle and gyrate like they are participating in a gay parade. The girls' bikinis for the most part appear to be bra tops and diapers. A Beach Boys-type group wails its way through a half-dozen terrible songs throughout. As for the monsters, they have googly eyes and what appears to be a bunch of Hummel hot dogs wedged in their large, perpetually open moths, the better to drink human blood, I guess. Watch it for its camp value.

Grandiose low-budget shocker from Del Tenney, a name that could never seriously be used outside of 1960s beach & horror films, shows moments of great inspiration and sections of sluggish, insipid drama. Fortunately the former significantly outweighs the latter to make for an enjoyable beach/horror romp with nice elements of both put to good use.The Del-Aires beach-rock band are actually very good with some nice original songs here, and the beach scenes of teen melodrama are fun. The creation of the Sea Zombies from dumped atomic waste is quite effective and eerie, as are other moments during their attacks, as long as they're pretty much kept in dim light.The slow-moving parts are so infrequent that you won't mind them and the 6 original tunes by the Del Aires make you forget them completely. All in all, a fun late-night film.