Psycho Beach Party (2000)

How sad is this?

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The acting in this movie is really good.

A throwback to the fifties horror but in a spoof. Thought I would laugh it out sadly I didn't. For me nothing worked in this flick.The investigator being played by a man looking like a woman. The nerdie girl transforming into a sexy girl, the surf boys were some are gay, it all could be funny and if it was made in a good way it could have worked but not for me, it isn't even absurd (well, the woman played by a man maybe).Not my cup of tea, and the rating is so high, maybe I'm missing something but I have seen a lot better. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 0/5 comedy 0/5

I've been a cult fan of this film for its entire life! I have watched it dozens (if not more) of times and love the characters more each time. Lauren Ambrose does such a fabulous job of bringing it all together and making the other actors shine. It's fun, camp, comic, satirical, derivative, spoof, loony nature goes the full tilt. It's a joy ride for those of us old enough to remember 'Gidget' 'Marnie' 'Beach Blanket Bingo' 'Attack of the 50 foot Woman' et al. plus there are a bevy of great cars from the 50s/60s to ogle! Very good interpretation of those eras and the way we somewhat were. Charles Busch is fab as always but his genius is in creating the script/play originally. I have two copies on DVD in case one dies.

This film tells the story of a beach town where gruesome murders keep happening. Suspects include a bunch of youngsters, including a teenage girl with dissociative personality disorder.It's good to know that "Psycho Beach Party" is a spoof, because there are done scene that are deliberately bad to be funny. The fake surfing scenes are quite bad, they are so fake that it's funny. The story is funny and the characters are all quite distinctive. The girl in a wheelchair is memorable, as she is very mean. The surfer dudes are funny as well, the fight scene in the beginning of the film is very memorable. It is a great surprise to see Amy Adams in the film! I enjoyed watching it.

I have to say the first time I watched this movie I couldn't even sit through the whole show. Fortunately for me that particular summer HBO played it in excess. Eventually I found myself looking to see when it was on again and watching it every time. This movie is a definite "send-up" to all those campy movies we either loved or hated, and this movie is definitely in the "love-it or hate it" category. Give yourself enough heads up to be up for anything and you too will add this to your "must see's" of cult classics. Most of the actors are unknown, some you may recognize from various TV shows. the story line is quirky at times but the cast works well together to pull this off.