Party till you drop. Dead.

It's 1962 and Florence Forest (Abrose) is sweet sixteen and never been kissed. She lives with her mother, Mrs. Forest and a Swedish exchange student named Lars. At the local drive-in, Florence and her friend actually watch the film, while Starcat, heartthrob of the surfer set, flirts with perky babe Marvel Ann (Adams). When Florence visits the concession stand wheelchair-bound meanie Rhonda torments her until screams interrupt their nasty exchange. Someone at the drive-in has had her throat slashed! Captain Monica Stark has a number of suspects, including Florence and Mrs. Forest. But the grisly event does not keep the gang from the beach!

“Other characters in Psycho Beach Party are equally vivid. Provoloney and Yo-Yo are the two surfers who have eyes more for each other than the female hotties on the beach. Rhonda (Kathleen Robertson) is a wheelchair-bound teen bent on insulting anyone who crosses her path. And Lars (Matt Keeslar), the thickly accented exchange student living with Chicklet, may not be the harmless Swede everyone thinks he is.

But in a film like Psycho Beach Party, whodunit is beside the point — it's the laughs that count, and there are enough to suffice. Highlights include the Great Kanaka speaking in rhymed couplets, and some truly creative murder scenes. If you want to search for deeper meanings, there's certainly a message in the film that everyone, ultimately, is a nonconformist. But one shouldn't think too hard about a movie this lightweight —it's best to just relax and enjoy the Party. ” - Rod Armstrong, Reel

“Not since Rocky Horror has the film world produced such a vibrant farce of teen angst, violence, and sexual deviance. And here comes Rocky’s comeuppance, as off-Broadway cult icon Charles Busch has scripted a work of sheer demented brilliance in the gleefully absurd Psycho Beach Party.” - Robert Strohmeyer, Film Critic