Psycho Beach Party screening

🎬 Charles Busch Introduces PSYCHO BEACH PARTY at Sleepover Trading Co.’s Next
VIDEO VISIONS SERIES Screening! 󰝗💀

HUDSON, NY — May 2025 — Grab your surfboard—and maybe a body bag—because Sleepover Trading Co. is bringing Psycho Beach Party to the big screen in all its genre-blending glory as the next installment of their VIDEO VISIONS SERIES: a celebration of magnetic memories, analog oddities, and forgotten treasures from the golden age of tape.

🌟 HEADLINING THE NIGHT: An Exclusive Video Introduction from the Legendary
Charles Busch!
Writer and star of the film Charles Busch has recorded a special video message just for this screening! This is a rare treat for fans of queer theater, cult cinema, and those who love their movies with a little lipstick and a lot of blood.
💋 And who better to ride the wave with us than drag queen Glam Stroker, your fabulous co-host for the night who will lead us through some fun giveaways.
🍿 Come early for a brand-new Sleepover Trading Co. Pre-Show featuring handpicked vintage trailers, retro commercials and more analog weirdness.
“For our May film, we wanted a film that would be a great lead in for summer and we instantly thought of one of our favorites: Psycho Beach Party,” says Sleepover Trading Co. co-founders
Rob Ribar and Guido Sanchez. “To have Charles, who has long ties to the Hudson Valley aream
record an introduction for the film is a real honor.”
🎞 About the Film:
Based on Busch’s wickedly funny stage play, Psycho Beach Party (2000, dir. Robert Lee King)
is part sunny 1960s surf movie, part gory 1980s slasher, and 100% queer cult classic.
Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Yellowjackets) stars as Chicklet, a plucky Malibu teen who
just wants to learn how to surf—but instead finds herself the prime suspect in a string of
mysteriously mutilated murders.
Expect:
🩸 Split personalities
🕶 Surf-rock soundtracks
💅 Camp detective work
🍑 Shirtless hunks
…and probably some body parts on the beach

Also featuring a young Amy Adams (Enchanted, Arrival), Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Matt Keeslar (Scream 3), Thomas Gibson (Dharma & Greg), Beth Broderick (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), and Busch himself as the fabulous Captain Monica Stark.
🗓 Date: Thursday, May 22
📍 Location: Story Screen Cinema, 160 Fairview Avenue, Hudson, NY
🕡 Doors: 6:30 PM | Showtime: 7:00 PM
🎟 Tickets: Limited seating—buy now! Once purchased, your name will be added to the guest
list. No physical ticket required.