Psycho Beach Party
2000 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 5.7 · 49% critics
A teen outsider longs to join a Malibu surfing crowd, but blackouts and sudden personality shifts make fitting in even harder. As grisly crimes shake the beach scene, the movie blends sunny surf culture, broad comedy, and a playful mystery with a knowingly retro vibe.
Also known as Gidget Goes Psychotic
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Streaming on Strand Releasing.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-08-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (105 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like campy horror-comedies, retro beach-movie spoofs, and knowingly silly murder mysteries in the vein of Happy Death Day 2U or The 'Burbs; Not for you if you want straight horror or grounded comedy.
Pros: campy retro humor; colorful oddball characters; playful mystery setup | Cons: jokes can miss; uneven pacing; deliberately cheesy style
Themes
- dancing
- surfer
- beach
- confession
- detective
- diner
- satire
- based on play or musical
- malibu
- friends
- revenge
- murder
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Lauren Ambrose
as Chicklet / Florence
Thomas Gibson
as Kanaka
Nicholas Brendon
as Starcat
Matt Keeslar
as Lars
Charles Busch
as Captain Monica Stark
Amy Adams
as Marvel Ann
Kathleen Robertson
as Rhonda
Jenica Bergere
as Cookie
- DW
Danni Wheeler
as Berdine
Nick Cornish
as Yo Yo
Directed by Robert Lee King