I want to preface this review by stating that I am of the opinion that gawd-awful bad can be....well....good. After all, one of my favorite movies was Plan 9 From Outer Space. You gotta love cardboard tombstones that bend when brushed against. With that said, Monster From the Surf, a.k.a. The Beach Girls and The Monster, is a masterpiece. I go into a science fiction trance every time I hear that exotic, muffled trumpet music whenever the cheating wife of the scientist is shown. I love that little beach ditty, "There's A Monster in the Surf, Yeah, Yeah". And I roll over laughing when the Lion puppet comes out and the beautiful brunette beach bunny talks to it in her cutsie little baby voice.
A SPOILER IS NEXT. DON"T READ ON UNLESS YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT THIS MOVIE BEING SPOILED FOR YOUR FIRST TIME VIEWING ENJOYMENT.
Man, things don't get any better than this. I was a little disappointed to find out that the zipper that was visible in various scenes poking through the back of the monster was actually legitimized, when it was discovered that the monster in the movie really was a man dressed up in a monster suite. But that faux pas was made up during the final car chase scene, when the backscreen scenery was moving directly opposite the steering wheel movement. Let's face it, you gotta be really good, to be really that bad. I love this movie and recommend it to everyone.
A SPOILER IS NEXT. DON"T READ ON UNLESS YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT THIS MOVIE BEING SPOILED FOR YOUR FIRST TIME VIEWING ENJOYMENT.
Man, things don't get any better than this. I was a little disappointed to find out that the zipper that was visible in various scenes poking through the back of the monster was actually legitimized, when it was discovered that the monster in the movie really was a man dressed up in a monster suite. But that faux pas was made up during the final car chase scene, when the backscreen scenery was moving directly opposite the steering wheel movement. Let's face it, you gotta be really good, to be really that bad. I love this movie and recommend it to everyone.