The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Louis M. Heyward (screenplay)
Louis M. Heyward (story)

Release Date:

6 April 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Musical

Tagline:

When a pretty ghoul trades in her bed sheet for a bikini!

Plot:

A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

Plot Keywords:

Biker | Beach Party | Teen | Ghost | Pool Party

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tommy Kirk	...	Chuck Phillips
Deborah Walley	...	Lili Morton
Aron Kincaid	...	Bobby
Quinn O'Hara	...	Sinistra
Jesse White	...	J. Sinister Hulk
Harvey Lembeck	...	Eric Von Zipper
Nancy Sinatra	...	Vicki
Claudia Martin	...	Lulu
Francis X. Bushman	...	Malcolm
Benny Rubin	...	Chicken Feather
Bobbi Shaw	...	Princess Yolanda
George Barrows	...	Monstro
Basil Rathbone	...	Reginald Ripper
Patsy Kelly	...	Myrtle Forbush
Boris Karloff	...	The Corpse (Hiram Stokely)

Also Known As:

Beach Party in a Haunted House (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

This is the only "Beach Party" film that doesn't take place on a beach.

Goofs:

Continuity: The sawdust on Lili Morton keeps disappearing as she is tied to the sawmill in the Chamber of Horrors.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Planet X: (#2.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Geronimo

Goblins! Ghouls! Girls!...Geronimo!

Representing the (somewhat fatigued) tail-end of the "Beach Party" saga, minus Frankie and Annette, this haunted house comedy has some style in the live-action cartoon vein, but is hurt overall by an unenthusiastic cast and too much chatter. Sleepy Tommy Kirk and distracted Deborah Walley are involved in the reading of a will in a spooky mansion; Susan Hart is a sexy apparition (wearing a dopey-looking blonde wig for F/X purposes); Boris Karloff saunters through, tossing off droll comic lines in a debonair manner; Harvey Lembeck returns as Eric Von Zipper (although he doesn't look happy about it); and Nancy Sinatra is one of the teens there for a slumber party (she sings "Geronimo" poolside in the film's best sequence). Not terribly witty or lively; most of the kids on display are artificially frantic and 'nutty', waving their arms about. The movie desperately needs more music and more special effects. It relies too much on the talk-heavy plot, which is its weakest link. ** from ****