The Horror of Party Beach -- August 28, 2018

[Jobla]

The first VHS release of this film was the censored TV version, which was missing, among other things, the monsters attacking the girls' hootenanny party.

Admit One of Toronto then released a complete VHS, but it was a typical overly-dark transfer from that company.

Dark Sky Films released a better transfer on DVD, but many felt that they miss-framed the aspect ratio, cutting off foreheads, etc.

Hopefully, Severin will correct the aspect ratio.

I'm in!!

[The Snowy Owl]

OMG I must see this movie, lol, I love bonkers stuff like this.

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

The Horror OF Party Beach.

Too bad these movies are released without the MSTK3 versions as extras.

Nah, it's a plus they don't waste disc space on those IMO. These films are much more entertaining without the bottom third of the screen eaten up by would-be comedians.

[JMDiaz718]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

Nah, it's a plus they don't waste disc space on those IMO. These films are much more entertaining without the bottom third of the screen eaten up by would-be comedians.

Some of these movies are made better by those "would-be comedians"! The MST3K episode of Party Beach, is one of the best.

[babybreese]

MST3K

I am breaking out some reaseach material to brush up on the facts of the case.

[JMDiaz718]

Originally Posted by babybreese

MST3K

I am breaking out some reaseach material to brush up on the facts of the case.

I take it you're not a fan of MST3K? Oh well, to each their own!

I actually own a copy of that publication.

[omenboy]

Originally Posted by Cinema74

Then shouldn't the film be titled "Horror At Party Inlet"?

I'm now less interested in this. With a title like that, it feels like this should've been shot in Venice Beach, not Connecticut. Yeah, not feeling this one.

You do realize that there are actual real beaches in Connecticut, not just “inlets? When I was a kid, my parents would often take me to Hammonnasset Beach, which was beautiful. Here are some of the beaches located in Connecticut - I have no idea where the movie was filmed, but it could very well have been at any one of these places:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...nnecticut.html

As for the film itself, it’s definitely campy and cheesy. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but from what I can remember, I would suggest anyone who hasn’t seen it watch before blind buying, just in case!

[CreepyThinMan]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

In his nonfiction book, Danse Macabre, Stephen King really goes off on The Horror of Party Beach, calling it ”an abysmal wet fart of a picture.”

I love Stephen King, and I’m a lifelong fan of his work, but I hope that the special features on this Blu-ray include at least one person calling him out on what he wrote. He needs to be put in his place with regard to this statement.

As scrappy as The Horror of Party Beach is, it is not as self-indulgent as the last three books in The Dark Tower series, and, unlike a lot of recent King works, it doesn’t date itself with snide political barbs. Instead, this is a timeless movie that families will be able to enjoy for centuries to come.

Ironic from the Writer/Director of Maximum Overdrive.

[Horse_Hockey]

Originally Posted by bigshot

It's not even a real beach party movie since it was shot in New Jersey

"The Horror of PUBLIC Beach." -- Mike

[monwobbbo]

adding this one to the want list. scarred the crap out of me when i was like 6 or 7. of course the tv print i saw in 68 or 69 was missing some of the more gory scenes.

[filmo70]

Originally Posted by omenboy

You do realize that there are actual real beaches in Connecticut, not just “inlets? When I was a kid, my parents would often take me to Hammonnasset Beach, which was beautiful. Here are some of the beaches located in Connecticut - I have no idea where the movie was filmed, but it could very well have been at any one of these places:

It looks like some of it may well have been be shot at Hammonasset Beach. At 17 mins in a girl swims out to the end of what looks like Meigs Point to me, she sits on the rocks then is killed by the monster.

[Jobla]

Back in the 1980's, I screened a 16mm print of PARTY BEACH for a Seattle film society. The audience laughed during the monster scenes, but they also unexpectedly laughed when a scientist father suddenly tried to instruct his teenage daughter in the ways of etiquette. I guess nobody anticipated a "message" to be provided by this film. It was kind of a WTF moment.

The audience really enjoyed the film, by the way.

[Keyser Soze.]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

Well, I grew up watching it on WNEW Channel 5, in New York City. They played low budget, cult classics all the time on a show called Creature Features in those days. It would awesome, if someone resurrected MonstersHD!!

Here's a cool programming schedule I found for WNEW:

http://www.dvddrive-in.com/TV%20Guid...resarticle.htm

Here’s what we had in San Francisco:

Creature Feature opening

edit: ordered!

[monwobbbo]

just looked at DVD of this and really hope the blu looks way better. film seems really dark and the contrast was crap even in the day scenes for the most part.

[charlieray1]

Fun, goofy movie ... with some WAY cool surf tunes in it. The Del-Aires were the group featured in the movie, and they did some personal appearances drive-ins showing the film, but it didn't do much for their careers. They were from New Jersey.

Sadly, they were somewhat hurt by a killing at a club after one of their shows. They weren't involved in any way, but the publicity did some damage. There's an article about it ou-line, but I can't find it at the moment.

Can't wait for the blu-ray -- that film is a summer tradition for me.

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

Fun, goofy movie ... with some WAY cool surf tunes in it. The Del-Aires were the group featured in the movie, and they did some personal appearances drive-ins showing the film, but it didn't do much for their careers. They were from New Jersey.

Sadly, they were somewhat hurt by a killing at a club after one of their shows. They weren't involved in any way, but the publicity did some damage. There's an article about it ou-line, but I can't find it at the moment.

Can't wait for the blu-ray -- that film is a summer tradition for me.

interesting. i looked them up and didn't see anything about a killing. they put out 3 singles which i guess didn't chart except locally.

[charlieray1]

Originally Posted by monwobbbo

interesting. i looked them up and didn't see anything about a killing. they put out 3 singles which i guess didn't chart except locally.

I found the article. Fun read! The part about the Del-Aires starts about half way through. https://www.theaquarian.com/2011/01/...f-human-blood/

BTW, the actually put out more than those three singles. There's now an album collecting most of their stuff. It's on Amazon. It's called Zombie Stomp.

https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Stomp-Del-Aires/dp/B00B2RUN66/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1531602651&sr=8-2&keywords=del-aires+zombie+stomp

[monwobbbo]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

I found the article. Fun read! The part about the Del-Aires starts about half way through. https://www.theaquarian.com/2011/01/...f-human-blood/

BTW, the actually put out more than those three singles. There's now an album collecting most of their stuff. It's on Amazon. It's called Zombie Stomp.

https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Stomp-Del-Aires/dp/B00B2RUN66/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1531602651&sr=8-2&keywords=del-aires+zombie+stomp

cool thanx

[dig311dug]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

Nah, it's a plus they don't waste disc space on those IMO. These films are much more entertaining without the bottom third of the screen eaten up by would-be comedians.

disagree x 10025432534

[redrunner97]

I really hope they release more Del Tenney, particularly The Curse of the Living Corpse. Or I Eat Your Skin.

Actually, I wish we would have just gotten a double feature of these two tbh.