The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell

The film is set in New America in the year 2097, two decades after a nuclear apocalypse. Tex Kennedy, the last survivor of the Kennedy family, two robotic ex-secret service agents, and a female cannibal journey to find the "Threshold of Hell" to gain access to a radio tower to unite the survivors of the apocalypse.{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|title=The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/357756/The-Beach-Party-at-the-Threshold-of-Hell/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111061635/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/357756/The-Beach-Party-at-the-Threshold-of-Hell/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2012|accessdate=1 October 2013}}

The movie premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 23, 2006, and then toured the country screening at various film festivals.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} The movie was picked up by National Lampoon for a theatrical release in October 2007.{{cite news|title=National Lampoon Presents the Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell: There once was a time, many years ago, when the name National Lampoon in front of a movie would have indicated a certain level of humorous content. Based on more recent output bearing the branding, funny no longer seems to be a prerequisite|via=Associated Press|date=Oct 18, 2007 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/national-lampoon-presents-beach-party-158218/}}

Rotten Tomatoes records an aggregate rating of 67% from six reviews.{{cite web|title=The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_beach_party_at_the_threshold_of_hell/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=30 May 2024}} The Village Voice found it "self-impressed film", and considered it an over-deliberate attempt to create a cult film, which failed, "funnier on paper than in reality", making a negative comparison to the Mad Max franchise.{{cite web|last=Hillis|first=Aaron|title=The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (Review)|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-10-09/film/the-beach-party-at-the-threshold-of-hell/|work=Village Voice|accessdate=1 October 2013|date=Oct 9, 2007}}

• Kevin Wheatley as Tex Kennedy
• Paul Whitty as Quincy the Robot
• Chandler Parker as Yul the Robot
• Jamie Bullock as Cannibal Sue
• Bill English as Benjamin Remington
• Stewart Carrico as Zach/Thorn
• Lea Coco as Vincent "Jackle" Remington
• Alex Reznik as Yurik Schlatz (not his real name)
• Ted Schneider as Marcellus St. Joan
• Daniel Baldwin as Clark Remington
• Morgan Carson as Ginsberg
• Scott Addison Clay as Blowgun Child
• Katherine Cunningham-Eves as Veronica
• Henry Dittman as Sue Biographer
• Katherine Flynn as Allison
• Tony Hale as Remington Biographer
• Callam Ingram as TV Son
• Claire Lautier as TV Mom
• J. P. Manoux as Sitcom Dad
• Alcorn Minor as Xavier
• Richard Riehle as Paranormal Historian
• Jim Ryan as Henry Edison
• Jane Seymour as President Lauren Coffey
• Ryan Turi as Richie
• Andrew Walker as Franklin
• Henry Vick as The Grashtowners

{{Reflist}}

• [http://thresholdofhell.com/ Official site]
• {{IMDb title|0443441}}

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