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The Horror of Party Beach

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817 - The Horror of Party Beach
Air Date September 6, 1997
Movie Director Del Tenney
Year 1964
Cast John Scott
Alice Lyon
Allan Laurel
Eulabelle Moore
Marilyn Clarke
Preceded by 816 - Prince of Space
Followed by 818 - Devil Doll


Contents

The Movie

Synopsis

Horror of Party Beach

Hank Green (Scott) and his girlfriend (Clark) drive to a local Long Island beach to have a good time and listen to the band "The Del-Aires." However, Hank and his girl have an argument, which results in Hank getting into a fight with a motorcycle gang. They break up over this incident---she wants to have fun and party, but Hank is ready for more serious endeavors. As she walks toward the beach to reflect on her new freedom, she is murdered by several sea monsters. The monsters have been created by the careless dumping of radioactive waste into a nearby harbor. The monsters go on to kill twenty girls at a slumber party, and it's up to Hank, a young scientist, and Dr. Gavin, Elaine's father, to destroy the monsters. Dr. Gavin's maid, Eulabelle (Moore), stumbles upon a way to kill the sea monsters by pouring sodium on them. [1]

Information

  • Made in the spring of 1964 for a paltry $60,000, The Horror of Party Beach is Del Tenney's best-known film. He released this along with The Curse of the Living Corpse on a double bill in May 1964.
  • Del Tenney himself makes a brief appearance as a gas station attendant who flirts with a car full of B girls. [2]
  • This film is a personal favorite of Stephen King.

The Episode

Host Segments

Manly Beach Dance

Prologue: While Mike tries to explain their present situation, Tom takes a leaf out the book of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet and attempts to harmonizes his overtones with the fundamental.

Segment One: Mike marvels at Tom's multi-layered chanting, until he discovers the little robot has some pre-recorded assistance. Meanwhile down in Ancient Rome Apearlo and Brainguyus attempt to convince a delighted Callipygeas and a suspicious Flavia that they are in fact gods. They "prove" themselves when they communicate with the average-looking man-god, the golden spider duck, and the squat crimson pig living in the stars.

Segment Two: Crow and Tom are in costume for their manly beach dance, but the swimming trunks they've made for Mike to wear are a tad small, in the sense that he's effectively nude.

Segment Three: Pearl and Observer continue try and convince their hosts that they're gods, opting for the music of the gods, a beef flavored hoe-down!

Segment Four: Impressed by the extremely up-to-date newspaper boy from the movie, Tom goes one better and offers copies of the S.O.L. Post with to the second updated headlines to Mike, covering his increasing annoyance at the skit.

Closing (Segment Five): Dressed as the Del-Aires, Mike and the Bots reach out to youth of today and sing of Sodium!, while down in Rome as Brain Guy and Callipygeas increasingly bond, Pearl and Flavia increasingly trade insults.

Stinger: The semi-nude thin guy in full swing at the beach dance

Quotes & References

  • "Someone set The Second Sex to music.

The Second Sex was Simone de Beauvoir and is considered a major work of feminist literature. The "folk song" being sung here ("Oh hard is the fortune of all womenkind . . .") is "The Wagoner's Lad", a folk-song often sung a capella by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia.

  • The Ipswich Women's Club presents Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'."

"The Lottery" is a famous short story in which a woman is stoned to death. The Ispwich Woman's Club is an old English social club.

  • "Sturgis: a city on the move."

A reference to the South Dakota city that holds the famous, annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

  • "Oh great, another Afrikaner beach movie!"

Afrikaners are the descendants of early Dutch settlers in South Africa.

  • "The monster gets up and immediately puts on 'Metal Machine Music'."

Metal Machine Music is an album by Lou Reed.

  • Tonight on "Roar"...

Roar was a short lived action/adventure series which aired in 1997 on Fox created by former 70's hearthrob and TV producer, Shaun Cassidy as a cash-in of the Hercules/Xena craze. It starred Heath Ledger as a young Celtic cheiftain fighting Roman invaders in Anicent Ireland.


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