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Horror of Party Beachby *BryanBaugh

Digital Art / Drawings / Macabre & Horror

I originally drew this illustration in 2003. I also colored it back then - but I had only just begun to learn Photoshop, and the results weren't great. My memory is a little fuzzy but I'm pretty sure I posted the original version on my website and probably left it there for a couple of years... but ultimately I decided I wasn't happy with the colors and removed it. I don't think I ever posted it on Deviant Art before.

The drawing itself was adequate and it's a fun little tribute to a fun little movie: "The Horror of Party Beach". So I always intended to go back and re-color this piece some day.
Well, I finally did, this weekend.

The original version was colored predictably bright and sunny. This time around I thought it would be funny to color it like a dark, cloudy day, with a storm brewing on the horizon... The worst kind of day you could possibly imagine for a girl to go sunbathing. Haha.

Back in the 1990's I owned a rare videotape of "Horror of Party Beach" that was all fuzzy and muddy. The poor picture quality was so grainy it looked like all the beach girls were covered with zits and the monsters were so completely drowned in darkness that you could barely even see them. But I assumed, "This was a super low budget movie... That's probably as good as it EVER looked..."

But eventually I got the DVD released by Dark Sky Films [link] ...and was absolutely shocked by its crystal clear picture quality. All the sudden those 1960's bikini girls looked smooth and attractive and the monsters were perfectly visible in the night-scenes... and the whole movie became much more fun to watch. In the years since, it has become one of those cheapie monster flicks I have returned to and re-watched many times.

I will never try to convince anyone that "Horror of Party Beach" is a great film or an unrecognized classic. But it is FUN and that is all that matters to me.

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~BlackEvilSkull666 Feb 14, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

The creatures of Black Lagoon need some love too

I'd give them a hug

~ArchiCrash Nov 1, 2012

Well, the Del-Aires did the soundtrack. So the movie has that going for it...

...That said: Bwa-ha-ha! Awesome work! Really got a chuckle out of it...

*BryanBaugh Nov 4, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Glad you like it!

~Marcuzan Oct 2, 2012

Actually, "TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE" is not a bad film at all. The director did care about what he was doing. Give the flick another go. It's a million miles away from true drek Like Monster A Go-Go or The Creeping Terror. I'd put it more within the league of great stuff like THE FLESH EATERS & THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE. No doubt the monster (A lobster) is the pits, but the film itself is very honest and well done.

*BryanBaugh Oct 3, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

I like "The Brain that Wouldn't Die" a LOT.

~Chinesegal Sep 7, 2012

Wow, I really must say that the way you draw the girls is really beautiful!!!!!!

*BryanBaugh Sep 7, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you so much!

~grazatt Aug 23, 2012

Why do the monsters have knockwurst in their mouths?

*BryanBaugh Aug 23, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

See the movie and learn all about them!

~Samurai-Poet Aug 8, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Better than being caught with your pants down.

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