New video essay explores the '60s Beach Party cycle of movies.
Teen movies have gone through many phases, but one of the most distinctive fads was the 'Beach Party' series of movies - usually starring the duo of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello - that found popularity with young audiences in the 1960s.
A new video essay by The Royal Ocean Film Society takes a look back at the unique elements that made up a good, and bad, Beach Party movie.