Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Hulkeasexo
it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
whpratt1
Found this film very funny and enjoyed seeing Annette Funicello, (Connie) who was famous as a younger girl in the "Mickey Mouse Club". It was a joke to see Elsa Lancaster, "Bride of Frankenstein" who played the role of Aunt Wendy who had a large amount of money hidden in her house and J Sinister Hulk, (Jessie White) who is out to get her money and uses the help ofBuster Keaton, a veteran actor from the silent era of films who never spoke in any of his films until this film. This story is about boy and girl teenagers twisting and jumping into pools in their PJ's with lots of singing and lots of kissing and romance. The story even has an invasion of a Martian teenager who is sent to earth in order to establish contact with other teenagers in order to bring more fellow Martian's to earth. If this sounds nuts and does not make sense, this is really what this story is all about. The most comical scene in this film is with Dorothy Kilgallen, "New York Journal American Columnist" who appeared on "What's My Line,TV", way way back when. Dorothy wound up riding on a motorcycle of J.D. and winds up falling off and into the dirt.
Skragg
One slightly odd thing about this one is that it looks ahead to a lot of little or big things. In one scene, Tommy Kirk (meaning it literally) says, "I'm from Mars." Annette Funicello says facetiously, "Really? I'm from Venus." When you see that scene now, you can hardly help thinking of self-help books. Also, it has a wall safe that works just like an ATM (though this idea has probably appeared elsewhere ; I don't know). When Elsa Lanchester "withdraws" a lot of money from it, she looks at her late husband's portrait, and says very sweetly, "You always were a thoughtful husband." Then for just a moment, she gives a "knowing" look at the camera. Also, ages before "observational" comedians (as far as I know) seized on this, it had a scene about a perfume saleswoman bothering someone by spraying perfume at them. Buster Keaton and the actress in the scene (I can't think of her name) had perfect "timing" (hardly surprising in his case) when they acted out this relatively tiny joke. The movie even has a tiny bit of what would have to be called satirical humor. In each of the "Beach Movies", the motorcycle gang didn't wear those "Wehrmacht" items, like so many movie Hell's Angels, but each movie showed, at their hangout, pictures of Hitler and Mussolini, and in between them, a picture of "Von Zipper" (evidently to make him look extra scary). When Ben Lessy goes looking for teenagers to plant in the wealthy widow's home (as part of their scheme), he finds the "Rats and Mice." He says something like, "You look like typical wholesome kids," and as he says this, you see them in their leather jackets and those photos on the wall behind them. And on a completely different level, there's Susan Hart's dancing scenes. I don't know about the rest of the movie, but I would challenge anyone to find anything remotely "dated" about the titillation in those. And of course, instead of "AIP" horror actors, this movie's cameo at the end was even more of an inside joke - Frankie Avalon himself. Even if I weren't completely prejudiced IN FAVOR of beach movies, I would still say this one has a lot going for it.
kennywest1
I just watched this beach flick and I'm certain that the music in Rocky
Horror was influenced by this awesome surf and skin flick. There's even a
scene where Tommy Kirk has a "Transducer". The story is less than
ridiculous
and that makes it enjoyable camp from the summer in America before the
Beatles. West Side Story it's not, but the dancing and music are so
expertly
snychronized you'll think the actors are computerized. Look for Buster
Keaton as "Cowabunga", he steals the show!
suelyon
This is the first Beach Party film w/o Frankie and the film is lacking in wit. Annette sings "Stuffed Animal" and the title song. Nonsensical film has a martian coming to earth to observe the teenagers.