Psycho Beach Party (2000)

psychotic blast

By Eric  May 17, 2006

Pros: very very funny, twisted plot, Lauren Ambrose

Cons: picture is grainy,

I loved this move ever since I saw a friend in the play version. The movie is a bit different then the play, but does not surprise me. The same basic characters are in place but seem to be more lively and colorful. After seeing Ambrose in Six Feet Un...der you can tell she is a very gifted actress. It is a shame that Under closed out their season recently. I hope she goes on to do more stuff. Party is a movie the takes the fifties love scene, beach, Gidget type stories, combine with the seventies slasher flicks and this movie is what you get? It is about a young girl Chiklette (Ambrose) that seems to have different personalities every time she sees round objects. She is a girl resembling Gidget in a lot of ways, seeming like she is the goodie goodie teen girl from Grover’s Corners. Little do we know that more is lurking with her in many ways. Along with her friends we are taken on a quest to see who the killer is and why he/she is killing. We are treated with a lot of laughs and some surprises along the way too. Party is a must see for those who like dry, different types of humor in a movie. It is a move that deserves to be seen more than once, to fully understand the content and humor it is trying to portray. Like Napoleon Dynamite, that movie should to be seen more than once to truly enjoy the dry comedy it can be understood. Read more Less