Als südamerikanische Killerbienen, die korporativ in die USA geschmuggelt wurden, hilflose Menschen angreifen, arbeiten junge Wissenschaftler verzweifelt daran, die Bedrohung zu beenden, wäh... Alles lesenAls südamerikanische Killerbienen, die korporativ in die USA geschmuggelt wurden, hilflose Menschen angreifen, arbeiten junge Wissenschaftler verzweifelt daran, die Bedrohung zu beenden, während die Bedrohung die Stadtgebiete überschwemmt.Als südamerikanische Killerbienen, die korporativ in die USA geschmuggelt wurden, hilflose Menschen angreifen, arbeiten junge Wissenschaftler verzweifelt daran, die Bedrohung zu beenden, während die Bedrohung die Stadtgebiete überschwemmt.
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- Arthur
- (as Armand Martin)
- Father
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- Undersecretary Brennan
- (as George Bellanger)
- Winkler
- (as Deloy White)
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It stars the King of the B's himself, John Saxon, as some sort of scientist bee expert. Or something. He and a nearly-attractive blonde try to warn the world about the over-breeding of the killer bee, and the inevitable disasters to come. But those greedy fat cats have only one thing on their minds: Honey. I swear to you I laughed so hard while watching this movie that I choked. If you like B movies, you will love THE BEES!
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It was expected that THE SWARM would be a major hit so this Mexican film was rushed into production to try and cash-in on the others success but when the Irwin Allen film turned out to be a disaster there wasn't any "demand" for a rip so THE BEES has fallen into never land and very few have been brave to dig it up. The "story" involves some African bees that are crossbred with some from Brazil and they turn out to be craving humans and animals. Soon the bees are killing people throughout Brazil and Mexico and soon find their way to America and it's up to three dedicated folks (John Saxon, Angel Tompkins, John Carradine) to destroy the killers. I guess I should add that the major break in killing the bees is to create a special serum that will turn the males into homosexuals and they'll end up attacking one another. I'm not kidding. With that added bit you can tell this sucker is from the 70s and what a poorly produced mess it is. The nature attack genre has given us killer sharks, snakes, whales, bears, frogs and countless other creatures but the bee hasn't been too friendly as quite often its films are very bad. That trend continues with this production, which is just a major joke and you have to feel sorry for the cast members. Thankfully the film is bad enough to where you might find yourself laughing and being entertained by the campiness. As with THE SWARM, the special effects here are just awful with the majority of the bees being "dots" on the screen or some type of item being blown around by a fan. Every once in a while the image of bees are plastered over the footage we're watching but for the most part there's not a bee to be seen. There are several sequences where we see one attack after another and this is where most people are going to get the laughs because the performances are beyond horrid. The funniest has to be one where a woman removes her glasses, wipes them and then puts them back on just in time to see what's getting ready to attack her. Check out the woman in the bathroom who gets stung and then goes into her "death scene", which is bad enough to where many viewers might die from laughter. There's not a single death scene that actually makes on feel for the character or builds up any suspense and that's not a good thing for a film like this. Saxon is clearly bored with the material as he sleepwalks through it but he's always fun to watch. Carradine really hams it up as he's quite often shouting for no reason but this over-the-top performance at least gives us something entertaining to see. Thankfully both Saxon and Carradine have quite a few scenes together so genre fans will at least get to see them. THE BEES isn't the worst movie on the subject but it might just be the dumbest. The political speech at the end is unbelievable and let's not even get started on the other political stuff that works itself into the story.
There's familiar and anachronistic stock footage, cheap dummies impersonating characters jumping from heights, and some crazy overacted bee attack sequences.
Love that funky and totally inappropriate theme music too! See it with "Demonoid" for maximum laughs.
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- WissenswertesEvery scene in the film had to be shot twice in both English and Spanish in order to ensure that the dubbing in either language would match perfectly.
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Dr. Sigmund Hummel: [Sandy blows a kiss to the camera watching her; Dr. Norman blows one back] That kiss was for me, not you - after all, she's MY niece.
John Norman: That's adding incest to injury...
- VerbindungenEdited from Reptilicus (1961)
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