r )/0U Dm VENTURE INTQJ By Lane Van Ham Staff Reporter "So there you are! / hope you re satisfied with, what you ve done "Im the Old Flick I'iend’s mother Cmummy, " he calls me of course) and I'm introducing today’s trashy film feature because he’s sick And it‘s all your fault If you people had something belter to do other than read up on these weird movies, he wouldn ‘l have a job. Pul no! He had to try to get a tan in sub-zero tem peratures to introduce the movie this week He’s lucked in his coffin even as we speak, gelling plenty of Vitamin C and warm blood. "Well, let’s gel this underway Plicky told me to warn you, though unless you have a high bad film constitution, you may not be able to sand it (yes, sand it). Now roll 'em!" ii me weamcr uocsn i uo n to you, this video probably will. 1 am speaking of the 1964 shocker, “The Horror Of Party Beach.” The movie starts with a scene typical of most beach movies made at the time: a bunch of actors and actresses in their 20s pretend to be teen-agers and dance to bad rock ‘n’ roll on a stretch of sand, spout ing awful dialogue in-between songs. ‘‘Iliya, Charlie Do you like bath ing beauties?” “I dunno. I've never bathed one.” Ha ha ha, oh, please, stop it. In this case, unlike ‘‘Beach Blanket Bingo," there is a rude intrusion on the festivities by a hideous mon ster The monster was created by nearby radioactive waste dump ing. Upon appearance, it chal lenges the all-while affluent youth and the terrible rock band (The Del Aires) as the most disgusting part of the movie. Needless to say, the writers and directors probably intended the monster to be the most terrifying part of the movie, but considering the acting ability of the beach kids, the monster's intrusion may not be so much “rude” as “welcome.” After the beach party massacre (not shown on the video) the po lice recruit scientist Dr. Gavin to help them. Gavin’s daughter, as it turns out, was among those who witnessed the monster. From here on, the movie basi cally alternates scenes of the inves tigation and new murders by the monsters. I'll let the victims speak for themselves: “It smells like the Fulton Fish Market in the middle of July . . . aaagh!” “Sou nds 1 i kc someone b ig w a Ik - ing in mud. Yeaargh!” “It’s . . . like somebody in rub bers filled with water. Urkkl!” The investigation gels nowhere until Fulabellc, Dr. Gavin’s maid steps into the lab Previously, hula belle has acted as a sort of parapsy chological Aunt Jemima by blam ing the deaths on “voodoo.” (1 kid you not. The character is almost unbearable to watch, especially considering that the writers should have known belter in 1964.) By sheer accident, anyway, hulabelle accidentally spills so dium on a monster sample and discovers that the monster disinte grates. And so, armed with several tubs of sodium solution, Dr Gavin, his daughter and others go to work. This is the kind of movie that really makes me wish I hadn’t spent so much time spacing off biology back in 10th grade. I guess my teacher never talked about com batting radioactive waste mon sters, but I’d still like to know about all that stuff just in case a monster comes out of Woods Pool someday. Needless to say, the day is saved, and the world is a sale place for bad actors and actresses once again. “Horror of Party Beach is Lane Van Ham 'Daily Nebraskan absolutely indefensible as a good movie. The script is bad, the acting is atrocious, and there isn't any thing creative or original about it Michael and Harry Medved, in their book, “Son of Golden Turkey Awards” write: “I'.ach additional viewing (of “Horror of Party Beach”) reveals new levels of in competence.’ 1 won't argue. But it does sustain your atten tion, and although, as I said earlier, it doesn’t do a thing to advance the creative potential of film making, it is unique in one particular way, it’s level of badness. If you’re used to watching multi-million dollar pro ductions downtown, renting this video will probably pul you in a slate of altered consciousness. Whether just to get the satisfac tion of watching a weird movie or to feel better about the next profi cient movie you see in comparison, I highly recommend “The Horror of Party Beach.” The video is available from Ne braska Bookstore. Sunday, February 12th Come before 8:00 and beat the cover! PADDY MURPHY S 2737 S, 90th * Omaha, Ne Unique Valentine Ideas •Specialty Containers Filled with Variety, of Items •Tush Talk Brief for Your Guy or Gal •30 Choices of Valentine 1® Balloons With Variety of OVA For All the Commitments You Make' A musical romp through the 16th century. The women of Windsor wage war on the deliciously sinful Falstaff in a musical battle between the sexes. FRIDAY-SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 10,11,12, 8:00pm Tickets: $10, $8 UNL Students and Senior Citizens All Tickets 1/2 price . % ijL ... ^■orJ1cketsCa^472*337MMonday^^