Review(s): DVD Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow/The Ghost in the the Invisible Bikini (Midnite Movies Double Feature)
The Endest, Man!
"Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" looks like "Leave It To Beaver" with souped-up jalopies. Square, brainy teens into automotive combustion lose the lease on their hang-out but quickly acquire new digs--but it's haunted, dig? A few funny double-entrendres(and a sassy parrot)keep this thing watchable, but it's really no better than your average sitcom. The nostalgia is amusing, what with clean-cut kids facing off at the weekend slumber party, but it's too short--and when two feuding girls duel it out with their racing cars to settle their differences, we aren't even privvy to the match! The music is OK, but the awkward, self-conscious teen-nobodys that dot the cast are unintentionally funny.
"Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" has Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, Nancy Sinatra, Susan Hart, Patsy Kelley and Boris Karloff--and still it's a dud! American International was apparently hurtin' for one last 'Beach Party' and this is the best they could do. Why Sinatra's boyfriend Goo-Goo keeps ditching her for that shapeless redhead is more a mystery than why Susan Hart(as the ghost)is donning the dopiest-looking blonde wig in B-cinema history.
Both films contain a song called "Geronimo" for reasons I can't fathom, although Nancy Sinatra's entry wins(and she looks cute shimmying poolside!).
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The first film,"GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW" is a little slow and corny with square teens hanging out at there local malt shop.
The fun begins when they have a girls pajama party and then go to a spooky old house to have a costume party.And that parrot{the comedy relief} with the punch lines is funny and annoying at times.
The ,"GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI" is the better of the 2 films!
Borris Karloff plays a small role but it's fun seeing Borris in anything.The kids aren't as square in this film and the Haunted House is kool!!
This film reminds me a lot of the tv show the MONKEES.It would also be fun to watch at your local Drive In theatre on a stormy summer night with the gang ,a few beers and your sweetie on your arm!
The Ghosts Are Lose In 2 Great Teen Classics Now On DVD
If you like teen classics, with ghosts than these 2 movies are great for you.
SIDE A: Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow. Roadster members of the famous drag-racing Kenith Club have blown a gasket since they wern't able to pay the rent and were thrown out of their groovy garage hangout. But luckily for them, a sweet old lady benefactor will let them user he house... only one problem though, it's haunted, and the only way to get rid of those eveil lil ghosts is to scare them out. Count on these Dragstrip racing teen's to get rid of the ghosts, in this pedal-to-the-medal thriller comedy. That really separated the chicks from the chickens!
SIDE B: The Ghost IN The Invisible Bikini. Poor dead Hiram (Boris Karloff)... he only has 24 hours to do a good dead or he won't be able to go to heaven! Happily, help arrives in the forum of a bikini-clad, vixen (Susan Hart)! Together, she and Hiram try to foil the plans of a dastardly lawyer (Basil Rathbone) hellbent on doing away with Hiram's teenage heirs and their entourage of Watusi-dancing, and singing friends before the reading of his will! From beach house to house of horrors, this fast and furious beach film will delight you, and startle you.
These are 2 Great Teen Flicks finally on dvd, if you want something fun to show the family, put this dvd in tonight, your whole family will love these 2 great films.
Related DVD's Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow/The Ghost in the the Invisible Bikini (Midnite Movies Double Feature)
The second film in the Beach Party series returns Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to the land of endless summer and back-projection surfing. It's as giddy as the first movie. Two inane subplots are added: Frankie is wooed by a wealthy bombshell (knockout Luciana Paluzzi), and Don Rickles trains a team of bodybuilders. The usual Beach Party trademarks are in place, including real surfing footage (much improved from the first film), Candy Johnson's shimmy dancing, and Annette's modified bikini with mesh-covered cleavage. Music is provided by Dick Dale and a rockin' Little Stevie Wonder, with most of the songs penned by a triumvirate of surf-music royalty: Brian Wilson, Roger Christian, and Gary Usher. As Frankie says, "Now you swing with me on that, or you don't swing at... More Info about this DVD Director(s): William Asher DVD Release Date: Released the 15 April 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The only extras are the trailers, but both "Beach Party" and "Bikini Beach" (which was actually the 2nd sequel to "Beach Party", following "Muscle Beach Party") are terrific fun, with decent surfing footage and lots of singing and dancing (Candy Johnson should have a license in frenetic dancing, she looks like a cyclone in fringe!). "Beach Party" has professor Bob Cummings studying the mating habits of beach teens, and inadvertently wooing Annette Funicello away from Frankie Avalon! It's a surprisingly non-slapstick comedy with beatnik overtones; the pie-fight finale is really the silliest it gets. Annette, her hair a sexy shade of cinnamon, is a natural for films like these: just a notch naughtier than her "Merlin Jones" comedies for Disney, she's forever G-rated, but it's nice to see... More Info about this DVD Director(s): William Asher DVD Release Date: Released the 15 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Vincent Price, dumped his usual horror roles with American International to star in this 60's Teen Comedy, that also spawned a sequel Dr. Goldfoot And His Girl Bombs which has sadly never seen a release on commercial home video.
Beware - this band of bikini-clad cuties is licensed to kill... with comedy! Featuring Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon, with cameo apperances by Annette Funicello as a decapitated young lady, and Harvey Lembeck chained to his motorcycle. This sex-ational spy spoff is full of thrill-packed fun and gags. Deraged Dr. Goldfoot (Price) has a dream of taking over the universe! So the mad scientest invents a machine that builds sultry, bikni-clad, sexy chicks. Whom he programs to seduce the world's wealthiest men into signing over their fortunes, than... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Norman Taurog DVD Release Date: Released the 05 June 2001 This item is currently not available.
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