IMDb plot summary: A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
Directed by Don Weis. Starring Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid, and Quinn O'Hara.
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is the last of the official Beach Party films, and it is a VERY silly one. The premise is that a group of heirs to a mysterious fortune end up spending the night in the dead man's house along with ghosts, murderers, a biker gang, a gorilla, an offensive Native American stereotype, and a bunch of people in bathing suits because, well, it IS a beach party film, even if there's no beach in sight. There are moments of this film that really work -- I recall Eric Von Zipper biker gang being the best part of the other beach party films I've seen, and that's definitely the case here. I enjoy the framing device where dead Boris Karloff sends a ghost to help his heirs (who, uh, don't know him so I don't know why he named them as heirs in the first place, but we're not here for plot). And some of the scenes with the nearsighted villainess are really enjoyable. There's also a lot of moments that fall flat. The final chase scene is too long, the primary villain sidekick is too prominent for not being at all funny, and, well, that "Native American" character exists. It's mostly a fun fluffy watch with a few cringey moments.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini < Letters from Iwo Jima
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Spinning Into Butter
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > The Deer Hunter
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Love Me Tonight
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Waterloo
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Stage Fright (2014)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > The Dinner Guest
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Smokin' Aces
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > Hopscotch
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini > After the Wedding
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini < Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites
Final spot: #1632 out of 3260, or 50%.
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