Synopsis
US in the 60's were in an era of turmoil. The movements for Black-Americans rights and against the Vietnam War were widespread and questioned the existence of the country. However, there were times before this seriousness when life was fun and amusing, and sometimes people miss such times. < Psycho Beach Party > is situated before the turmoil of the 60's, to be precise, when Elvis Presley's Rock n' Roll thrilled the youths in the 50's. Young men with short hair greased back, unfashionable bikinis and big-rimmed sunglasses, teenagers dating at drive-ins, and soundtracks playing predominantly surfing music are the mechanism that depicts the feelings of < Psycho Beach Party >.The film starts comically at an American beach in the 60's. Hussel Gordon Lewis (60's American director who made second-level low-budget films) reactionary and outdated slasher style is incorporated, and psycho thriller style is attempted through the characters with dual personalities. However, it is still a comedy. Thus the director makes comical variations of slasher and thriller mechanisms to draw out the amusement from the audience, since < Psycho Beach Party >'s reactionary tendency is to reminisce on the fun times rather than to focus on the serious aspects of the 1960s. (LIM Jisoo)