The Beach Girls and the Monster
A timeless classic whose budget most likely hovered around the $75
range. This is a typical lower than low budget surf monster movies
from 1965. The plot is thin as angel hair, and there's NO f/x. Unless
you count the guy in the rubber mask and seaweed suit. And while you
and I both know that it's a guy in a suit, the surprise ending is the
fact that it part of the plot! Yeah, they went Scooby Doo (yes, I
realize long before Scoob existed) on us. Most of the movie includes
surfing, beach dancing (no, white people couldn't dance in the 60's
either), and crappy beach parties.
About the killer? Well, it was someone that everyone knew, but
largely unimportant. The ending had a car chase, but I missed it
because I had to pull a sty out of my eye that had been bugging the
shit out of me all day. That was a higher priority. Oh sure, I could
rewind it. But would I have missed some amazing plot twist or super
exciting action scene that might have salvaged the other 65 minutes
of this film? No....
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| "Just push play, dude" |
….aw screw it. I rewound it, and the antagonist in a rubber suit
dies in a fiery CARtwheel off a cliff (see what I did there?
CARtwheel? Yeah..that's gold right there). The good news is, his
death brought the credits! Yay!
Friday: A classic serial turned into a movie. And it's got a robot!
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