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Midnite Movies Double Feature (Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow / The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini)

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Don't let the colorized cover fool you; "Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow" (1959) is filmed in black and white. The first half of the movie is a teen comedy about drag racing. The twist is that the only ones who race in the movie are two chicks! You know that the movie is set in squaresville when the rival drag-racing gang wears suits and ties. The second half of the movie is a real gas, daddio. The gang can't raise the bread to keep their old clubhouse, so they're given an old, haunted house to fix up. These rock and roll ghostbusters drive the ghost out of the house with their swinging costume party. And the lingo the teenagers use in the movie is a blast, man!

I've been waiting for "The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini" (1966) to be released on video for years. This is the final film in the Beach Party series. In fact, the only characters from the series to appear in this film were Harvey Lembeck (Eric Von Zipper) and his motorcycle gang, the Rat Pack. The roles intended for Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello were played by Tommy Kirk and Deborah Walley. In addition, instead of surfing and dancing on the beach, they had to settle for having a pool party next to the haunted house. Movie veterans Boris Karloff (Hiram Stokely) and Basil Rathbone (Reginald Ripper) hammed it up for all they were worth. Nancy Sinatra and the Bobby Fuller Four provide the music, while Bobbi Shaw and Quinn O'Hara provide the pulchritude. A gorilla named Monstro, rubber-suited monsters, and a ghost with an invisible bikini (the sexy Susan Hart) are more silly than scary, and keep this colorful motion picture moving at full speed!

The first film,"GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW" is a little slow and corny with square teens hanging out at there local malt shop.
The fun begins when they have a girls pajama party and then go to a spooky old house to have a costume party.And that parrot{the comedy relief} with the punch lines is funny and annoying at times.

The ,"GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI" is the better of the 2 films!
Borris Karloff plays a small role but it's fun seeing Borris in anything.The kids aren't as square in this film and the Haunted House is kool!!
This film reminds me a lot of the tv show the MONKEES.It would also be fun to watch at your local Drive In theatre on a stormy summer night with the gang ,a few beers and your sweetie on your arm!

If you like teen classics, with ghosts than these 2 movies are great for you.

SIDE A: Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow. Roadster members of the famous drag-racing Kenith Club have blown a gasket since they wern't able to pay the rent and were thrown out of their groovy garage hangout. But luckily for them, a sweet old lady benefactor will let them user he house... only one problem though, it's haunted, and the only way to get rid of those eveil lil ghosts is to scare them out. Count on these Dragstrip racing teen's to get rid of the ghosts, in this pedal-to-the-medal thriller comedy. That really separated the chicks from the chickens!

SIDE B: The Ghost IN The Invisible Bikini. Poor dead Hiram (Boris Karloff)... he only has 24 hours to do a good dead or he won't be able to go to heaven! Happily, help arrives in the forum of a bikini-clad, vixen (Susan Hart)! Together, she and Hiram try to foil the plans of a dastardly lawyer (Basil Rathbone) hellbent on doing away with Hiram's teenage heirs and their entourage of Watusi-dancing, and singing friends before the reading of his will! From beach house to house of horrors, this fast and furious beach film will delight you, and startle you.

These are 2 Great Teen Flicks finally on dvd, if you want something fun to show the family, put this dvd in tonight, your whole family will love these 2 great films.

I have seen "Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" dozens of times, but have yet to sit through one screening of "Citizen Kane." What does that tell you? Anyway, as "Dragstrip Hollow" opens, the Zenith Car Club is facing eviction because they have no money to pay rent. This is rather surprising, since club members include "TV" Tommy Ivo as himself, a current world record holder in several dragster categories ("world's fastest unblown gas engine," etc.), as well as the Renegades, a really great core rock 'n' roll band, that should be in the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame. Alfonso, a talking parrot, eventually becomes an unofficial member.

Anyway, the gang gets evicted and sets up shop in a haunted house. The unveiling of the ghost is as non-essential as it is anti-climatic, and the bad guys--"Tony and Anita and their creep friends"--are always impecably dressed. But so what? This movie is all about hot rodders in sport coats, dancing, respect for parents, soda pop, and the great rock 'n' roll of the Renegades. And let me tell you, the Renegades steal the show. As far as I know, they are the only group to use guns as musical instruments. If you haven't heard jams like like "Geronimo," "Charge," and "Ghost Train," now is your chance.

Absolutely a great movie for Halloween, and better than "Citizen Kane"!

I saw this film on the cinema in 1962 and it stuck in my mind all ever since. When I saw the product for sale it was a must-have item. I have now re-viewed the film a time or two since I received it and it is still as funny as ever. That in itself was worth the time and expense of owning it, but I must say the additional film, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini was a very welcome bonus.

Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow: Not a bad movie for its era, with lots of fun 50s music. Its amusing to see 50s teens being hepcats, and not often do we see girls dragracing. The stupid parrot is a huge deterrent of this movie, extremely annoying and not funny. Overall this campy film is still to banal for me to recommend. Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: GODAWFUL. Shame on Karloff for doing it. This one has more of a 60s feel, which I can't stand. I veer away from 60s films because I find the film industry really undermined the intelligence of the general public at that time, portraying them as knieve and ignorant. I understand campy films are meant to be fluff but this movie is seriously meant for 5 year-olds, not adults....and even 5 yr -olds may find it stupid.

"Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" looks like "Leave It To Beaver" with souped-up jalopies. Square, brainy teens into automotive combustion lose the lease on their hang-out but quickly acquire new digs--but it's haunted, dig? A few funny double-entrendres(and a sassy parrot)keep this thing watchable, but it's really no better than your average sitcom. The nostalgia is amusing, what with clean-cut kids facing off at the weekend slumber party, but it's too short--and when two feuding girls duel it out with their racing cars to settle their differences, we aren't even privvy to the match! The music is OK, but the awkward, self-conscious teen-nobodys that dot the cast are unintentionally funny.
"Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" has Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, Nancy Sinatra, Susan Hart, Patsy Kelley and Boris Karloff--and still it's a dud! American International was apparently hurtin' for one last 'Beach Party' and this is the best they could do. Why Sinatra's boyfriend Goo-Goo keeps ditching her for that shapeless redhead is more a mystery than why Susan Hart(as the ghost)is donning the dopiest-looking blonde wig in B-cinema history.
Both films contain a completely different song each entitled "Geronimo" for reasons I can't fathom, although Nancy Sinatra's entry wins(and she looks cute shimmying poolside!).

Interesting pair of movies that probably would have been forgotten if not for their attachment to the same team that made the Beach Party movies. Both movies are redolent of Scooby Doo episodes, complete with baddies in costume and, of course, meddling kids. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is definitely the best of the two, however. Mediocre movies even in their day but fascinating glimpses into the zeitgeist of mid-century America. Recommended, but mostly for historical schtick.

Good service, fun movies, especially The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. There should be a John Waters style remake!

Purchased as gift for relative of deceased band member of bobby fullers four...which appeared briefly in film.
Though it arrived later then when needed,had shipped direct. do not know of its condition, beyond appreciated. Have not heard of a problem with dvd itself. thanks