Taglines: Party till you drop. Dead.
Spoof of 1960’s Beach Party / Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films stars Lauren Ambrose as Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960’s Malibu who becomes “Chicklet” the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only Florence suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego Ann Bowman, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out in which during that time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, B-horror film actress Bettina Barnes, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet’s own mother.
Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 comedy horror film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, directed by Robert Lee King. Charles Busch wrote both the original play and the screenplay. As the title suggests, Psycho Beach Party, set in 1962 Malibu Beach, is a parody of 1950s psychodramas, 1960s beach movies and 1980s slasher films.
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
Directed by: Robert Lee King
Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Amy Adams, Matt Keeslar, Nicholas Brendon, Jenica Bergere, Beth Broderick, Andrew Levitas, Kathleen Robertson, Nick Cornish
Screenplay by: Charles Busch
Production Design by: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Cinematography by: Arturo Smith
Film Editing by: Suzanne Hines
Costume Design by: Camille Jumelle
Set Decoration by: Ann Shea
Art Direction by: Alberto Gonzalez-Reyna
Music by: Ben Vaughn
Distributed by: Strand Releasing
Release Date: January 23, 2000
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