SoTrumpBelieve
Must See Movie...
Moustroll
Good movie but grossly overrated
Scott_MSM
First the good: the soundtrack is very good; with instrumental surf and "film noir jazz". Shame that the movie doesn't reach any real heights at all. I only give this one five stars because of the good soundtrack. The movie itself rates a four at absolute best. Thin plot with a bizarre motivation for the monster. Very mild horror with some fairy tale elements such as an evil, nympho, stepmother and the crippled genius. Watch for the music and, of course, the Sixties gogo dancing teens. Ignore the movie going on around the good music.
mark.waltz
Instantly reminding me of a live action version of the 1970's mystery comedy cartoon series "Scooby Doo", I had this figured out within the first reel. A creature from the black lagoon style monster is terrorizing the teen hot spot, attacking young women and leaving their badly scarred corpses bleeding in the sand. Scientist Jon Hall and his son are trying to prove that this is some sort of mutation, having evidence of other sea creatures having grown to sizes unknown to science. They are also dealing with Hall's nasty second wife and a houseguest who has outstayed their welcome. The creature itself is scary looking enough (no hot dog like teeth like "The Horror of Party Beach"), but the film is pretty much just bland rather than bad. I felt it had no real suspense once I figured out the possible twist, and it was a matter of maintaining patience to get to the end. Amateurish acting and poor technical aspects made it all the more tedious.
BA_Harrison
Having almost been killed in a car crash, Richard (Arnold Lessing) now likes to spend his free time (ie., all the time) enjoying life with his pals riding the waves and partying on the beach with curvaceous cuties. Personally, I don't blame him, but his father Otto (Jon Hall), a respected oceanologist, reckons his son should be concentrating on his career instead of fraternising with loafers and tramps. Richard's endless days and nights of fun look set to come to an end, however, when a sea monster (approximately the same height as Richard's father) turns up on the beach and attacks the kids.Meanwhile, Otto's drunken wife Vicky (such a floozy that she even has her own sleazy jazz theme music) is carrying on behind his back with Richard's pal Mark, causing the scientist to get so angry that he crushes his whiskey tumbler with his bare hands (why, that man is as strong as strong as an ox!).In the '60s, beach party films and monster movies were packing 'em in at the drive-ins, and so it wasn't long before enterprising film makers with limited budgets had the idea to mix the two genres together; after all, could anything be more entertaining (and cheaper to film) than a group of hot girls in teeny bikinis dancing the Watusi to surf music before being attacked by a googly-eyed, sea monster? Well, when your dreadful script also deals clumsily with the generation gap issue, veers into third rate 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' territory midway, and turns into a silly Scooby Doo style mystery for the finale, the answer to that question is a resounding 'YES!'.Most sane viewers will avoid this film like a mutant South American fantigua fish with the plague, but those intentionally seeking absolute drivel will find that they have hit the mother-lode with this crap-fest: the monster is one of the most shoddy creatures to ever stalk a nubile go-go dancing teen; the film features some of the worst back projection I have ever witnessed (no wonder Richard had an accident: he's all over the road!); and the fun-loving 'kids' (many of whom look like they're in their thirties) are so irritating that you'll be willing the monster on in it's mission to kill.Most embarrassing moment: the night-time shindig on the beach that features loads of frantic dancing to wild bongo beats, crazy pranksters playing naff practical jokes on their highly amused pals, and a god-awful song that sees Richard's girlfriend Jane (Elaine DuPont) sharing vocal duties with a hand puppet!
Michael_Elliott
Beach Girls and the Monster, The (1965) * (out of 4) A bunch of teens just wanna dance to some good music and surf but a sea monster shows up to ruin their day. This is a rather infamous film that tries to mix with horror genre with any of the Beach Party movies but the film is a flat out disaster but I must admit that it kept me entertained throughout its 65-minute running time. If you can't stand bad movies then there's no need for you to see this one but if you believe that some bad movies can be entertaining then this here is a must see. The performances are all incredibly bad but this does lead to some nice laughs as does the really bad direction. The monster has a cute rubber face and I admit that I enjoyed the few scenes that it's in but the twist in the plot can easily be spotted. The film is best remembered today for its Frank Sinatra, Jr. soundtrack and it's actually pretty good even though it's third-rate Beach Boys stuff.
