Richard Chatten I was going to say that at least it's not dull, but it runs out of steam towards the end and outstays its welcome by about 15 minutes - quite a feat for a film only 70 minutes long!I've certainly seen far worse. The acting isn't too bad, and Sue Casey is delectably foxy as "authority on fish" Jon Hall's bored high-maintenance wife. Apart from some obtrusive zooms and process scenes involving cars that hark forward to the opening credits of 'Police Squad!' director/star Hall's photography is generally pleasing to the eye (although its a pity the budget didn't stretch to colour), as are the L.A. locations (although most of the gyrating beach girls of the title unfortunately wear those ugly large-bottomed bikinis almost up to their navels that look more like nappies than bathing suits that spoiled most of the beach party movies of the early 60's).The monster - aptly described by one of the cast as "a crazy-looking thing with a big fish head and some kind of a claw" - looks almost as stupid as 'The Giant Claw', and I'd have liked to have seen more of it.

preppy-3 Lousy horror movie about a sea monster attacking and killing 20-somethings at a beach in California. Most of the adults hate the kids because they dance to bad music and go surfing. You also see a killing within the first few minutes. A guy in a stupid suit covered with seaweed, a fish head and claws kills a girl. He just strangles her and casually walks away! The suit is stupid looking and most likely will have viewers laughing! The acting is lousy, the dramatics terrible and the killings just involve the victims being dead with some blood on their face or necks. Some of the kids are good-looking and have nice bodies but that's about it. Skip it.

BA_Harrison Having almost been killed in a car crash, Richard (Arnold Lessing) now likes to spend his free time (ie., all the time) enjoying life with his pals riding the waves and partying on the beach with curvaceous cuties. Personally, I don't blame him, but his father Otto (Jon Hall), a respected oceanologist, reckons his son should be concentrating on his career instead of fraternising with loafers and tramps. Richard's endless days and nights of fun look set to come to an end, however, when a sea monster (approximately the same height as Richard's father) turns up on the beach and attacks the kids.Meanwhile, Otto's drunken wife Vicky (such a floozy that she even has her own sleazy jazz theme music) is carrying on behind his back with Richard's pal Mark, causing the scientist to get so angry that he crushes his whiskey tumbler with his bare hands (why, that man is as strong as strong as an ox!).In the '60s, beach party films and monster movies were packing 'em in at the drive-ins, and so it wasn't long before enterprising film makers with limited budgets had the idea to mix the two genres together; after all, could anything be more entertaining (and cheaper to film) than a group of hot girls in teeny bikinis dancing the Watusi to surf music before being attacked by a googly-eyed, sea monster? Well, when your dreadful script also deals clumsily with the generation gap issue, veers into third rate 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' territory midway, and turns into a silly Scooby Doo style mystery for the finale, the answer to that question is a resounding 'YES!'.Most sane viewers will avoid this film like a mutant South American fantigua fish with the plague, but those intentionally seeking absolute drivel will find that they have hit the mother-lode with this crap-fest: the monster is one of the most shoddy creatures to ever stalk a nubile go-go dancing teen; the film features some of the worst back projection I have ever witnessed (no wonder Richard had an accident: he's all over the road!); and the fun-loving 'kids' (many of whom look like they're in their thirties) are so irritating that you'll be willing the monster on in it's mission to kill.Most embarrassing moment: the night-time shindig on the beach that features loads of frantic dancing to wild bongo beats, crazy pranksters playing naff practical jokes on their highly amused pals, and a god-awful song that sees Richard's girlfriend Jane (Elaine DuPont) sharing vocal duties with a hand puppet!

CromeRose I love this movie. It's one of my favorite really bad films ever. I first saw this on TV while growing up in Melbourne Australia. It was called Monster From the Surf on TV. My best friend and I used to sit up all night on Saturday's and watch The Late Movie, The Late, Late Movie, The Late, Late, Late Movie (I kid you not) and The Early Movie. I think this one was The Late, Late, Late Movie. It was one of our favorites - and I'm sure there were more scenes with the monster than there are on the DVD version; however my memory could be flawed as it was over three decades ago since I first saw it. Sure it's really cheaply done and very B Grade, maybe even Z Grade, but I love it and will always have fond memories of it. **UPDATE** as of watching this again a couple days ago (it's now April 8, 2017) My goodness it's cheesy and slow-paced, and the monster is laughable...but I still love it! I've got the US release on DVD, but I originally saw the international cut which was called Monster from the Surf. The differences? Well, the opening titles of the US version feature the Watusi Dancing troupe from the Whisky-A-Go-Go club wiggling in their bikinis to a slightly faster version of the surfing music - while the international opening credits has a slower version of the music playing over the surfing footage that is watched by Rich and Mark during the movie. Personally, I prefer the US version with the girls wiggling in their bikinis. Another thing I noticed during my latest viewing was that when the "kids" are partying on the beach, they play that surf music on their boom box A LOT! In real life, they'd get bored with it real quick, especially the girls. But all-in-all... as bad as this movie is, it's still great.