Psycho Beach Party
Summary:
Robert Lee King directs this wacky, campy fusion of teenaged surfer flicks and slasher sagas. Impossibly perky Florence (Lauren Ambrose) doesn't quite fit in at her thoroughly square high school in her seaside Southern California town -- that is, until she happens upon a band of ultra-hip surfer dudes. Renaming herself "Chicklet," she tries her gosh-darnedest to be the sole girl... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Lauren Ambrose - (Florence/Chicklet)
Thomas Gibson - (Kanaka)
Kimberley Davies - (Bettina/Diane)
Matt Keeslar - (Lars)
Charles Busch - (Capt. Monica Stark)
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Review:
Even by playwright Charles Busch's own admission, this parody of films as diverse as Marnie, Gidget, and Halloween was a pretty lightweight piece when it premiered in New York in the mid-'80s. Beefing up the plot and adding a fun new character for himself, however, drag auteur Busch and first-time feature director Robert Lee Kin... Continue >>
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