Spoof of 1960’s Beach Party_/_Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films stars Lauren Ambrose as Florence Forrest, a not-so-innocent girl in 1960’s Malibu who becomes “Chicklet” the first girl surfer at Malibu Beach, only Florence suffers from dissociative identity disorder and occasionally her alter ego Ann Bowman, a sexually aggressive, foul-speaking girl, comes out in which during that time several beach goers are found murdered. The suspects include Chicklet herself, surfer Kanaka, B-horror film actress Bettina Barnes, exchange student Lars, and even Chicklet’s own mother. –IMDb
This movie would have felt funnier if I hadn't seen Die Mommie Die! first. Obviously, more Charles Busch just results in a funnier movie. But worth a watch!
I probably wouldn't have liked this as much if I hadn't taken a class where we screened Gidget and the like. What's even better about this film is it's break from the genre. Lauren Ambrose is deliciously camp in this send-up of surfer flicks.