High-school senior Barbara Ann Greene has a lot to overcome to reach her dreams to be popular, get a job, find a husband, and maybe even be a movie star: she’s poor, her parents are divorced, and her mother is a cocktail waitress. Right beside her, though, is her best friend and Svengali, Alan. He helps her get 12 cashmere sweaters, a job in the principal’s office, spring break at Balboa, and more. Along the way, the satire bites teen mores, beach-blanket bikini movies, adults in charge, the country-club set, Christian-youth programs, older men’s fantasies, and teen girls’ innocence. How popular will Barbara Ann become, and what lengths will Alan go to get her there? —IMDb
"Bikini Vampire. TEENAGE Bikini Vampire. I MARRIED a Teenage Bikini Vampire. I Married a Teenage Bikini Vampire on Some Kind of a...Fish." Fucking. Amazing.
Forget the BEACH PARTY movies...this is the real deal...totally subversive, complete lunacy. Tuesday Weld's performance is great and the kooky supporting cast is outrageous.
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Roddy McDowall (who would have been around 37 at the time) plays Alan ‘Mollymauk’ Musgrave, a high school senior who pledges to get what ever Barbara Ann (Tuesday Weld) wants, whether it be 12 cashmere… read review
