
Spoof of 1960s Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960s Malibu, 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, during which time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, exchange s... (Full plot summary below)
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Spoof of 1960s Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films. Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960s Malibu, 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, during which time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet's own mother.
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| Filmcritic.comRobert StrohmeyerNot since Rocky Horror has the film world produced such a vibrant farce of teen angst, violence, and sexual deviance. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrA little Hitchcock and some good Psycho fun at the beach. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesWonderfully campy entertainment that doesn't ask anything of its viewers. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerFor all its energy and inspired moments of giddy goofiness, Psycho Beach Party gets stuck in the sand. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIts cheeky, good fun is what makes Psycho Beach Party an enjoyable, if weightless, romp. |
| MovielineStephen FarberTechnically primitive but still enjoyable raunchfest. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardSmart, fun and mildly subversive, but it rides the wave of its joke a little too long. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisOverstays its welcome until the jokes curdle and the satire becomes a blunt instrument, but not before Busch throws some priceless one-liners. |
| Jacksonville Film JournalShay CaseyIt may be fluff, but it's knowing, relatively enjoyable fluff. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenIt definitively skewers the false innocence of American pop culture on the eve of the countercultural deluge. |