The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

1966 "There's Something BLOOD CURDLING for Everyone! ...when a pretty GHOUL trades in her bed sheet for a BIKINI!"
4.5| 1h22m| NR| en
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A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

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Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Chantel Contreras It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
JohnHowardReid An American-International picture, presented by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff. U.S. release: April 1966. 82 minutes. (The M- G-M DVD rates 10/10).SYNOPSIS: Showman Karloff leaves his million-dollar estate to Kirk, Kelly and Walley, but Rathbone, White, O'Hara and Rubin want the loot for themselves. Matters are complicated by the invasion of an inept gang of bikies and a do-gooder teenage ghost.COMMENT: Although billed as a guest, Rathbone is actually a major player in this labored farce. Despite plodding, pedestrian direction and unfunny dialogue, the film still manages to held one's interest, thanks mainly to the game efforts of the players (particularly Quinn O'Hara) and the use of American-International's standing horror sets (which certainly give the movie "class"). The songs also are catchy enough, although it's Nancy Sinatra who provides the stand-out number, "Geronimo". She then, alas, disappears as the spotlight shifts to the nubile Quinn O'Hara. I'm not complaining, but it would have been nice to see more of Nancy as well. Karloff fans will also be disappointed as the king of menace is given little to do but comment on the action from time to time.Oddly, although everything has been thrown into the pot in a desperate attempt to make the picture as appealing as possible, contemporary audiences stayed away. For all its heavy-handedness, however, the movie bears at least a little bemused watching. And it's an absolute must- see for Nancy Sinatra and Quinn O'Hara fans.
zetes The kind of movie that makes you a little stupider as you watch it. If you let your IQ drop enough, it's enjoyable. It's cheap drive-in stuff from the mid-60s starring Tommy Kirk (whose 1965 film Village of the Giants I watched early on this month). The story is very poorly cobbled together. Boris Karloff plays a recently deceased man. An old girlfriend who died when she was young (Susan Hart) comes to his coffin to tell him that she'll help him do a good deed to get him into Heaven. Hart goes to Earth as the titular ghost (whose invisible bikini shows not skin, but whatever is behind her, i.e., a blue bikini against a blue screen) to prevent Karloff's evil lawyer (Basil Rathbone) from getting Karloff's treasure before his descendants (Kirk and others) can find it. It's mostly worth watching for the plethora of hot girls in bikinis and the enjoyable 60s pop music they sing. Nancy Sinatra co-stars and sings a song.
vampi1960 As a fan of most movies produced by American international pictures i thought ghost in the invisible bikini was entertaining.lets talk about the great cast; the great Boris Karloff,Basil Rathbone,Nancy Sinatra, Patsy Kelly,Tommy Kirk,Susan Hart as the ghost with the transparent bikini,before your mind goes in the gutter listen up,her bikini is invisible but its on her body.hey this is a g rated 1966 movie,so there's no nudity just bikinis,and ghosts,and a monster gorilla that resembles konga.its all played for laughs.Boris Karloff is a corpse that has to do a good deed so he can go to heaven,the shapely ghost(Susan hart) helps him.basil rathbone plays the bad guy Reginald ripper and his bumbling sidekick(Jesse white)the original may-tag repairman from the old commercials plot to get rid of the people that get invited to the reading of the will of Hiram(Karloff)well some wild teens join the fun along with the zany motorcycle gang the ratz led by Erich Von zipper(Harvey lembeck)its a fun movie.its no masterpiece but i liked it. Nancy Sinatra also sings a few songs.if you like zany spoofs of horror movies i think you will enjoy the ghost in the invisible bikini. also stars a very sexy Quinn o'hara,and Bobbi shaw.call me crazy but i give it 8 out of 10
BijouBob8mm With the rest of the Beach Party films having made their digital debut, THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI deserves the same consideration. True, we don't get Frankie and Annette, but we do have A.I.P. regulars Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lambeck, Bobbi Shaw, Susan Hart, plus Nancy Sinatra, Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone. Even though this is not the best of the Beach bunch, the cast alone makes it worth watching. Granted, the film's not a major motion picture, but it was FUN (which is more than can be said for a lot of other titles, old & new.) Since last few Midnite Movies from MGM have been double feature DVDs, maybe this could be paired up with DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS film, which has also yet to see DVD release. (They could even throw on the obscure TV outing, THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF DR. GOLDFOOT, as an extra.