You won't be disappointed!

Fantastic!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Apparently someone decided that what was needed in this old world was a beach movie set in the northeast. After all New York City and Long Island and New England have some fine beaches even if they're not prized by the surfing crowd as much as the year round warm weather beaches of Southern California. What also was decided that maybe we could combine two genres, monster films and beach flicks. The result was The Horror Of Party Beach one ghastly combination of genre.With a cast that you positively never heard of The Horror Of Party Beach has some chemical waste dumped in Long Island Sound and a couple of creatures who look like Black Lagoon ripoffs are created. These things feed exclusively on human blood. Those that encounter them wish they hadn't because apparently they're impervious to all things.But what science creates science can destroy and vice versa I presume. A very simple and basic element to life is what does the trick. But a lot of people get frightened and killed before its over.What can I say, the acting is on the level of some of my junior high school plays, the cinematography is boring, the production values are lacking. An early 60s DooWop group called the Del-Aires provide us the unmemorable songs on the soundtrack. It's just plain awful.

The Horror of Party Beach has got to be one of the all time great "Z" grade movies. To a 12 year old kid these monsters were so cool. I didn't care about acting or production values back then, this was great cinema! While it featured the very first slumber party massacre on film, (quite bloody and graphic for its time), it also had some of the funniest dialog and scenes ever put on film. Some teenagers recruit the help of the local college professor to kill these radioactive sea creatures. He discovers by accident( the family maid Eullabelle spills some salt onto a severed limb left by one of the beastly denizens) that sodium can destroy them. This sequence with the maid is hilarious! The fact that the professor has to drive from Conn. to N.Y. just to get a large supply of salt is absurdly funny in and of itself. The Del-Aires are on hand for your musical pleasure, singing their smash hits Zombie Stomp and Elllllaaaiiinnneee! Where was Dick Clark when all this was happening? I rate it a Fiiiiiiiive!All in all, this movie still holds a special place in my heart. But if you want a similar type of film, only better, check out Roger Corman's 1980 cult classic " Humanoids From the Deep".

I usually enjoy cheesy monster movies, not that they offer much of an actual thrill, it's the cheese I'm after. This one, being some 50 years old, seems to be a bit of proto monster movie. It has all the basic elements; the stupid premise for the monster being there, toxic waste and all; the beach party with lots of girls in bikinis, just for the sake of girls in bikinis; a monster sneaking up on some unimportant person and killing her as an introduction; the drunk guys getting killed; the science guy saving the day and so on. The main problem is not the content, it's the execution, the pacing is slow, many of the important scenes happen off camera, there is a ton of plot contrivances and the version I managed to get hold of was of really poor quality, it was sometimes impossible to see what was going on. These things add up to make an interesting film a bad one.

I just had to give this movie a high mark. Not because it was the greatest movie but, I thought it was Very good and because it was filmed in my hometown of Stamford,CT. It frightened me a bit watching it as a child! It's so great to see Stamford's sights the way they were in 1965. Driving up High Ridge Rd. & Seeing K's Market and the crossroads of High Ridge and Long Ridge Road's just wonderful. Those who remember the Country Diner next to the Cities Service station will be happy to know that the Diner is still there! Check out the gas prices at the gas station! Seeing old downtown Stamford brings back many memories. The old Town Hall, Eating at the Woolworths lunch counter! Shopping at Sarners! Even shows the old police station. This is when Stamford was at It's best, just the way I remember it. I have a copy of this B Classic and will alway's cherish it. It's absolutely worth watching if you are into the old drive in movies or might be from Stamford CT! It truly was the first musical horror movie! B>D =^..^=