{"id":35072,"date":"2015-10-27T08:43:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35072"},"modified":"2020-11-30T00:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T07:00:36","slug":"horror-of-party-beach-the-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35072","title":{"rendered":"Horror of Party Beach, The (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They are the living dead &#8212; they&#8217;re zombies!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-of-Party-Beach-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-of-Party-Beach-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-of-Party-Beach-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-of-Party-Beach-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-of-Party-Beach-Poster.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter his girlfriend (Marilyn Clarke) is killed by a radioactive sea creature, a scientist (John Scott) works with his mentor (Allan Laurel) and his mentor&#8217;s daughter (Alice Lyon) to help destroy the creatures.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDel Tenney&#8217;s low-budget horror flick combines elements of just about every cinematic trope from the &#8217;60s &#8212; biker gangs, beach parties, atomic mutations, slumber parties, folk music, and more &#8212; in one feature, complete with ludicrously silly rubber creatures from the deep, terrible acting, &#8220;teeny boppers&#8221; who appear to actually be in their 20s or 30s, laughably unrealistic sequences, a surf music soundtrack by the Del-Aires, and more. Add in the presence of a concerned, overly solicitous African-American maid (Eulabelle Moore) who&#8217;s convinced the creatures are the result of voodoo, and the recipe is set for a cliche-filled adventure only worth the time of true bad movie aficianados.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective low-budget cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Cinematography2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Cinematography2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of humorously bad dialogue, costumes, and special effects:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hey, that reminds me &#8212; did I bring my hot dog buns?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Then they CAN be killed &#8212; with sodium!&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Monster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Monster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Monster.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Monster-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Horror-Party-Beach-Monster-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a look if you enjoy this kind of flick &#8212; especially so with MST3K&#8217;s commentary. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058208\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1949tenn.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/horrorparty\/\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/horror-of-party-beach-1964.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1677&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They are the living dead &#8212; they&#8217;re zombies!&#8221; Synopsis: After his girlfriend (Marilyn Clarke) is killed by a radioactive sea creature, a scientist (John Scott) works with his mentor (Allan Laurel) and his mentor&#8217;s daughter (Alice Lyon) to help destroy the creatures. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Mutant Monsters Review: Del Tenney&#8217;s low-budget horror flick combines elements of just about every cinematic trope from the &#8217;60s &#8212; biker gangs, beach parties, atomic mutations, slumber parties, folk music, and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35072\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35072"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55788,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35072\/revisions\/55788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}