- For the Mads production, see MADS - The Beach Girls and the Monster.
The Beach Girls and the Monster is a 1965 monster movie directed by Jon Hall (who also co-starred and worked as Cinematographer) and written by Joan Gardner.
Plot
A group of young men and women who gather at a beach to surf and enjoy themselves are attacked by a mysterious creature. One of the surfers is the son of a scientist who may have the answer to the creature's origins. The scientist's home life is complicated by his unfaithful wife.
Cast
- Jon Hall as Dr. Otto Lindsay
- Sue Casey as Vicky Lindsay
- Arnold Lessing as Richard Lindsay
- Walker Edmiston as Mark
- Elaine DuPont as Jane
Notes
- Features an appearance by the puppet Kingsley the Lion, operated by Clyde Adler. Adler was also a writer and puppeteer on the popular children's TV program The Soupy Sales Show.
- The Kingsley puppet was built by Walker Edmiston, who also created the various sculptures seen in the film.
- An image from this movie appears in the lower left corner of the cover illustration for The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film.