Product Details

• Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Riehle, Jane Seymour, Chandler Adrian Parker, Tony Hale
• Directors: Kevin Wheatley, Jonny Gillette
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Arts Alliance America
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013PVGOU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,587 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Visions of who will rule in a post-apocalyptic United States clash wildly between competing bands of survivors. This clever and dark satire is an insightful meditation on the nature of power corruption and flesh-eating women. Jane Seymour (Dancing with the Stars Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) sets the stage as Daniel Baldwin (Paparazzi) and Kevin Wheatley (Red Velvet Dirt) head up a young sexy cast.System Requirements:Running Time: 89 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/SATIRE Rating: R UPC: 829567049228 Manufacturer No: 670492

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suprisingly good!, February 20, 2009

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Corwin Orr - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (DVD)

My dad gave me this movie to watch and, based on the cover, I thought it was going to be another stupid, National Lampoon sex-comedy. I was very suprised to find that it is very watchable and has an interesting plot. The humor is more character-driven; it isn't all gags. I really liked this movie and would reccomend it to anyone.

3.0 out of 5 stars Post-Nuke Oddity!, October 4, 2010

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Brian Harris "WildsideCinema" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (DVD)

If you're scratching your head right now and wondering why I'm reviewing a National Lampoon flick, never fear this particular Lampoon production isn't quite what one might expect from the geniuses that brought you Dorm Daze and Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure. No, The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell is a wildly original post-nuke indie comedy that features cannibals, robots, assassins, hillbillies, demons, hot beotches, politicians and a bloated, coked-out Daniel Baldwin.

The acting, as one might expect from an indie production, was occasionally amateurish and some of the dialogue felt ad-libbed but the production design was decent, the mixture of live-action and cell animation was inspired and the wrap-around story featuring History Channel commentary by various authors and historians was delightfully funny. What could have been a poorly written, straight-to-DVD, low budget attempt at sci-fi/comedy with way too much Macintosh CG turned out to be a surprisingly creative genre film that reminded me quite a bit of Six-String Samurai.

The film's got satire and subtext but most viewers are going to be looking for blood, guts, hanging eyeballs, torn out spines, tits, gouges, snapped necks, torn off limbs, bodies on spikes and one of the funniest "scream, faint, scream, faint" sequences I've ever seen and, thankfully, we get it all plus the deep meaning. Truthfully, I'm looking forward to part two if Wheatley and Gillette do indeed decide to further the adventure of New America's political pioneers.

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT A CULT CLASSIC, August 8, 2010

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Michael Ledo (Windsor, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (DVD)

It appears as if National Lampoon attempted to create a cult classic by using some standard formula. However, it is the viewers who give cult status, not the makers of the film. 20 years after American is destroyed by bombs, people emerge from their shelters. While they were in their shelters they listened to the radio broadcast of one man who proclaimed himself king and his nephew (who is blind) to be his heir. A man named Tex Kennedy (a Jack Black wanna-be) along with 2 androids (no real special effects) seek out the nephew, Benjamin to fulfill the prophecy. Meanwhile the lunatic son of the broadcaster with his small band of idiots seek Benjamin to kill him. Along their travels, Tex encounters "Cannibal Sue" (Christian name: Cannibal Susan)who they take with them, in a cage. The characters all come together at a beach party in Pensacola run by Satan. There is blood, killing, language, and very brief nudity. New characters are introduced into the movie as it moves along by use of either flashbacks or a futuristic story teller imitating Masterpiece Theater. At times I thought it was going to be a parody of Hamlet, then a satire of the 1960's, then simply a bad movie. It is not laugh out loud funny. The movie isn't deep enough to make you think. I would recommend seeing "A Boy and His Dog" before watching this movie.