Psycho Beach Party
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1h 36m
Leaving January 1
Directed by Robert Lee King | 96 mins | 2000
The wholesome genre of 1950s beach movies gets a demented camp makeover in the parodic, perky-paletted story of Chicklet (Lauren Ambrose), a teenager who becomes a suspect in a serial killer investigation because of her multiple personalities. Screenwriter/playwright Charles Busch plays Captain Monica Stark, a suspicious cop, with Amy Adams and Nicholas Brendon (Buffy and the Vampire Slayer) also starring.
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