Break out your Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts and bikinis! Summer is coming early to Cinema Nova as "Vamos a la Playa" shines a light on those subgenres in which seaside, beach and the coast all get their moment in the cinematic sun. A wave of "beach party" movies and musical comedies featuring swimsuit-clad teens dabbling in holiday romance and Californian surf culture showcase the 60s at their retro-grooviest. Life is a beach not just for Elvis Presley in "Blue Hawaii" but also for the communist youth of East Germany in "Heißer Sommer". But the sea is also home to uncanny lifeforms in "Beach Horror" films, in which rubber monsters, mermaids or underwater Nazi zombies crawl ashore or lurk beneath the sand to target unwitting beachgoers and coast dwellers. After these bloody creature features ("Blood Beach") and rare boardwalk gems ("Night Tide"), your annual beach holiday will never seem the same again.