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Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 comedy horror film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, [ 2 ] directed by Robert Lee King. Charles Busch wrote both the original play and the screenplay. [ 2 ] As the title suggests, Psycho Beach Party, set in 1962 Malibu Beach, [ 3 ] is a parody of 1950s psychodramas, 1960s beach movies, and 1980s ...
Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and also acted in the works of other playwrights.
The dubiousness wholesomeness of the surf genre was ripe for subverting, and in 1987, playwright Charles Busch did just that with Psycho Beach Party (its original title was Gidget Goes Psychotic but was changed due to litigation concerns). He added elements of drag, mental illness, overt sexuality and amped up the camp to create a hilarious satire.
Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 comedy horror film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name,[2] directed by Robert Lee King. Charles Busch wrote both the original play and the screenplay.[2] As the title suggests, Psycho Beach Party, set in 1962 Malibu Beach,[3] is a parody of 1950s’ psychodramas, 1960s’ beach movies, and 1980s’ slasher films.[2] In the film, a female surfer with ...
Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 comedy horror film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, [2] directed by Robert Lee King. Charles Busch wrote both the original play and the screenplay. [2] As the title suggests, Psycho Beach Party, set in 1962 Malibu Beach, [3] is a parody of 1950s psychodramas, 1960s beach movies, and 1980s slasher ...
Psycho Beach Party ★★½ 2000. Busch adapted his own play—a spoof of 60s teen beach movies and pyscho/thrillers. Perky teen tomboy Florence (Ambrose) desperately wants to fit into her SoCal ocean lifestyle by becoming the first female accepted into the local surfers who are led by hipster Kanaka (Gibson). The newly christened “Chicklet ...
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Here, Broadway satirist Charles Busch crafts a campy plot that pokes gentle fun at the halcyon days of Gidget (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), but with a psycho-horror twist. A wild sex-kitten go-go dancing over the opening credits sets the tone as we segue into the drive-in theatre where a knife-wielding maniac slashes a moviegoer’s throat.
