MALIBU BEACH (1978) Opening Credits excerpt - sun, sexy babes & song!

Opening credits and catchy theme song from the Crown International drive-in classic MALIBU BEACH (1986)

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Entertainment

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• Crown International
• Steven Oliver
• Bikinis
• beach
• babes
• sex
• drive-in
• 70's
• cult movie
• comedy
• kim lankford
• james daughton

[Coolestmovies]

@Toxiejunkie -- Here's a few worth seeking out: THE VAN VAN NUYS BLVD. THE POM POM GIRLS THE CHEERLEADERS (and it's two sequels) H.O.T.S. MALIBU HIGH THE TEACHER ROLLER BOOGIE BEST FRIENDS With the exception of ROLLER BOOGIE, all of these can be found in various compilation DVD sets from Mill Creek, like the Too Cool For School Collection, or Drive In Cult Classics sets.

[Toxiejunkie]

@Coolestmovies what was some other teen 70s films???

[Skulldini]

@cheapcape It should also be noted that THIS was when women in movies still had REAL breasts ( weather they were small, medium, or large ). Not the case in movies and tv shows madeTODAY, .. especialy if they've got a beach setting.

[LedWilde]

Exactly! You want to be in it! Fun movies. Ever see Van Nuys Blvd.? Didn't know about Steve Oliver aka Dugan. R.I.P.

[cheapcape]

@LedWilde I agree, these 70's "b-movies" beat just about anything going now. Every time I watch this movie, I want to be in it! R.I.P. Steve Oliver

[snarkus63]

I thought this sounded familiar---Crown International reused this music four years later in their "The Beach Girls".

[LedWilde]

I like this movie a lot better than most big box office smashes. Especially better than movies from the last 10 years. Most popular movies are overrated in my opinion. Malibu Beach is fun and puts you in a good mood. I can watch Malibu Beach over and over again. I can't stand to watch movies like Titanic or Avatar.

[Coolestmovies]

@Skulldini --- Possibly, I'll grant you that. I still think these 70's sex comedy-dramas were simply evolutions of core concepts of exploitation fare that dated back decades (Beach Party, 50's Juvie B-movies, the sex 'n drug "scare" films of the 30's and 40's). The beach, it's culture and all its accoutrements were just cosmetics of the era, reflective of certain parts of the country & culture, but under that lies the key ingredients that put bums on seats: hot people, sex, drugs, cars, etc.

[Coolestmovies]

@Skulldini --- That's why I said 'teen sex comedies" instead of "notable beach films". Strip away the bikinis (heheh!), the beach, the vans, and all that stuff, and you're left with fairly common teen sex plotlines that have been recycled annually from pretty much the early 60's onwards to today, either in PG or R rated form, and, encompassing BOTH the Beach Party AND the 70's So-Cal beach movies. What you might have seen as a dry spell was simply a change of location for same plots. :D

[Skulldini]

@Skulldini Oh, I mentioned Jaws there even though I know it's hardly the same kind of movie. But it did seem to kind of re-establish the beach as a popular movie setting and, in a way, may've helped pave the way for late 70's fare like this.