Nicholas Brendon - Psycho Beach Party Appreciation: Starcat is awesome, too!

Mr. Impatient · 08-11-2003, 09:38 PM

Psycho Beach Party

Official PSB Fanlisting

Trailer

Info Page at IMDB

About the movie:

Quote:

originally posted on Haro-Online PSB page:
<STRONG>Ever wonder what happened when a slasher movie, surf movie and thriller all come together? The answer is Psycho Beach Party, a sometimes deliriously funny new movie that feels like it could be decades old. Adapted by Charles Busch from his play, Psycho Beach Party is purposely bad and for the most part, manages to keep its level low without turning the audience against it. This is nothing more than mindless fun, and should appeal to fans of all three movies and any other type of camp.

Everything seems to revolve around Florence (Lauren Ambrose, Can't Hardly Wait). She doesn't understand why all the girls are drooling over guys, and she cannot understand why she has no breasts. She takes up surfing, much to the dismay of the local guys, who feel that women cannot surf. Oh, by the way, she two other personalities; Ann Bowman, a vampy bitch and a sassy black woman. Florence (or as she prefers, Chicklet) does not know about her other personalities, although others do. The problem is, when she blacks out, someone dies. Kanaka (Thomas Gibson, Eyes Wide Shut, ABC's Dharma & Greg) is the main object of Florence's affections. The always-rhyming ultra cool surf dude could care less about her. He prefers that Ann punish him. The other characters are also typically bizarre. Kanaka hangs out with some surfers who share a 'special' affection for each other, and Starcat (Nicholas Brendon, WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer), the all-around nice guy who will obviously end up with Florence by the end.

Florence's friend Berdine (Danni Wheeler) is jealous that she is ignoring her and also has some special feelings of her own for Florence, movie star Bettina Barnes (Kimberly Davies, The Next Best Thing) is hiding out in a Malibu beach house, and Captain Monica Stark (Busch) is suspicious of everybody. Director Robert Lee King (Boys Life) weaves everything together capably. Psycho Beach Party is certainly a weirdly appealing film. The actors speak in the same lingo of the sixties beach movies while dealing with very nineties issues of homoerotic undertones. Heck, Florence and Kanaka even 'surf' - they stand and stick their arms out while images of waves show behind them. The look and feel of the film also looks authentic. Most of the kids are stupid, but not stupid enough to the point where they become annoying. King and Busch are not ones to underestimate their audience, and they hold a fond affection for bad movies. Oddly enough, movies made purposefully bad sometimes turn out, well, not as bad.

1 hour, 35 minutes, Not Rated but contains language and mild violence, would probably be a PG-13 or R.</STRONG>

Some movie stills:

So, who has seen it, and what do you think?

[ 08-11-2003: Message edited Mr. Impatient ]

Lumier · 08-13-2003, 05:36 PM

Starcat is awesome, dammit. Nick was great in this movie, I LMAO the whole time.

Nummy Treat · 08-14-2003, 02:39 AM

Yes, Starcat is awesome! As is the Great Kanaka...and Ann Bowman for that matter...

I love this movie - I found it in the bargain bin for $3 and acted like I'd won the lottery! I'm a sucker for cheesyness...but tell me this - I've done a psych degree, so how come there were no sexy bitches like Starcat is my classes, huh?

Lumier · 08-15-2003, 12:08 AM

They all had to drop out and follow their dream of surfing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

m&m fkan · 09-30-2003, 01:55 PM

I have it on dvd, I think it's hilarious... [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

Claudia

Mr. Impatient · 10-03-2003, 08:53 PM

I haven't gotten this one on DVD yet. The last time I looked, which, admittedly, was a long time ago, it was $35, and I won't pay that much for a new DVD, so I am surely not going to pay it for a used one.

Maybe I should look for it again...

ActionJackson · 10-05-2003, 04:09 PM

I can't even find it on DVD. -sighs- I've been looking for it since it came out, too. Well, okay, I haven't looked recently but I doubt that it's anywhere near here. And I also don't have the money for it.

Such a good movie, though.

Mr. Impatient · 11-15-2003, 06:32 AM

I found it on Amazon.com, but it is still over $30 (US funds) and that is just a bit too high for me.

Anywya, if anyone else is interested, you can find it here.

I wonder what it would be going for on EBay?

gossipGirl · 11-16-2003, 08:42 PM

I've seen Psycho Beach Party, without knowing Nick was in it and was pleasantly surprised. Me and friend watched it as a last resort on sattelite! lol, but it was actually pretty good.

Mr. Impatient · 11-17-2003, 09:01 AM

I have seent he movie several times now, nad can't wait t see it again. Of course, it is still going to be a while before I can get it on DVD...

m&m fkan · 11-21-2003, 07:25 PM

I dunno if this will help you or not, but I found this...psycho beach party

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Mr. Impatient · 11-23-2003, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by m&m fkan:
<STRONG>I dunno if this will help you or not, but I found this...psycho beach party

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]</STRONG>

Thanks, claudia! [img]smilies/hug.gif[/img]

It doesn't help a whole lot, as I have no money, but it is definitely cheaper than what I was able to find on Amazon! Thanks!

m&m fkan · 11-25-2003, 04:46 PM

You should show it to your family and whine until they buy it for you! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Claudia

Mr. Impatient · 11-25-2003, 04:50 PM

Hmmm... There's a thought. They would get rather sick of my whining pretty quickly...

I may just do that! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

m&m fkan · 11-25-2003, 05:04 PM

[img]smilies/thumbs_up.gif[/img] I hope you get it for Christmas!

I hope you get the dvd, too! [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img].. [img]smilies/goof.gif[/img]

Claudia


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