Instead of Frankie and Annette, we get Tommy Kirk and Deborah Walley. Although Tommy was fine in "Pajama Party" and Deborah made a respectable lead in "Ski Party", neither one of them gets much to work with here. Deborah's big scene has her strapped on a log moving toward a spinning blade--a scene ripped off from "Beach Blanket Bingo". The idea of a "Beach Party" flick in a haunted house probably sounded like fun. But the film plays like a series of unrelated sketches. Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, and the gorgeous Susan Hart are wasted. Even Harvey Lembeck seems to be going through the motions as Eric Von Zipper. Nancy Sinatra fans might enjoy seeing her sing "Geronimo" (a ho-hum tune) and trying to act. The film's highlight is probably Quinn O'Hara. She's pretty funny as Sinistra, Basil Rathbone's statuesque, but blind-without-her-glasses, daughter.
Review of The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
