Psycho Beach Party (2000) - Strand Releasing - on August every 10 years

[Akijama]

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PSYCHO BEACH PARTY is a wickedly fun satire of Hollywood movie genres. Chicklet (Lauren Ambrose - CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, HBO's SIX FEET UNDER), a wannabe surf-girl with a split personality, becomes the primary suspect after a string of humorously gruesome murders terrifies the teen set. When the clues take her to the beach, the fun and suspense begin.
At the beach, Chicklet crosses paths with burnt-out surf guru Kanaka (Thomas Gibson, CRIMINAL MINDS, DHARMA & GREG), dreamy surfboy Starcat (Nicholas Brendon, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), and stylish homicide detective Monica Stark (Charles Busch, DIE MOMMIE DIE!). PSYCHO BEACH PARTY also stars Amy Adams (AMERICAN HUSTLE, BIG EYES), Matt Keeslar (SCREAM 3), Beth Broderick (SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH), Kimberly Davies (THE NEXT BEST THING) and Kathleen Robertson (BEVERLY HILLS, 90210).
Review
Blend a 50's psychodrama, a 60's beach movie and a 70's slasher film. Result: PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, a campy smoothie. --Mademoiselle

Fun, Fun, Fun! PSYCHO BEACH PARTY discovers a post-Freudian nightmare world of repressed violence and kinky sex bursting to get out --The New York Times

Hilarious! --S.F. Examiner

[HorrorBlu]

Love this movie! Can't wait to upgrade the non-anamorphic DVD.

[solarrdadd]

i love this movie........thanks Chicklet!

[bgart13]

Awesome! I asked Strand about this not that long ago, but they said they had no plans to go HD. Glad they changed their mind!

[Jobla]

No wonder I just saw a used copy of the DVD pop up in a local brick and mortar store. I almost bought it, but now I'm glad I held off. I'd be up for a Blu of it.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by HorrorBlu

Love this movie! Can't wait to upgrade the non-anamorphic DVD.

Same here. I bought the DVD way back in 2001 and thought it looked good for the time, but ugh... you either have to watch it boxed small or scale it and that doesn't always look the best.

It would be neat to have a 15th Anniversary featurette or something.

[ghostsofjoy]

And I was just looking at this movie on AMZ a couple of days ago, thinking how it likely wouldn't ever see a Blu release! Fantastic news!

[filmfanatic_1]

Nice I'm a fan of this film and it's been ages since I've been able to watch it. Looking forward to grabbing this one!

[4EverJohnnyBoy]

Already pre-ordered it as soon as it posted on Amazon 6 hours ago. Thrilled about this release.

[DarknessBDJM]

I think this movie was the first time I saw Amy Adams, they used to play it on IFC all the time. It has a bit of a John Waters vibe to it.

[Kristian Idol]

Ha. Worked a couple days on this and created the Blu page here thinking it'd never see the light of day. Fun, twisted flick! Waters/Rocky Horror-ish.

[Todd Tomorrow]

I hope they'll also bring out the other film based on a Charles Busch play, Die Mommy Die.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

I hope they'll also bring out the other film based on a Charles Busch play, Die Mommy Die.

The rights are a bit complicated with this one. Samuel Goldwyn released it theatrically but Sundance Channel (owned by AMC Networks) and the now-defunct Hart Sharp Entertainment split home video rights. Hart Sharp folded around 2008 (after a failed attempt to become like Shout! Factory and release old TV shows) and pretty much none of their titles have reappeared with any labels (not even Super Size Me, perhaps the most popular title they had).

[JoeDeM]

I've never seen this but it looks interesting.

[JHolliday]

I'm so freaking happy about this. Die Mommie Die next please!

[yukito]

I want this title so bad, but not having a multi region player and residing in the B territory makes it difficult to pre-order. Seeing other Strand Releasing titles are region free should I assume this one will also be?

[mayorofsmpleton]

Yes! One of my favorites.

[Akijama]

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[ChrisOz]

Never gotten anything from Strand Releasing. How far will the price drop and how long will it take? $27.99 is a lot.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by ChrisOz

Never gotten anything from Strand Releasing. How far will the price drop and how long will it take? $27.99 is a lot.

Based on their past releases it might get down to ~20 bucks around release date, but it will probably stay there forever. I don't think their stuff ever really goes lower than that, browsing through their discs on here it looks like the cheapest non-documentary is "Strange Colour of your Body's Tears" at 18 bucks, and that was 20 until a week ago so it might be a sale or something since their older discs are mostly still 19-21.