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Essaim mortel

Original title: Killer Bees
  • TV Movie
  • 2002
  • TV-14
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
3.2/10
1K
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C. Thomas Howell in Essaim mortel (2002)
ActionAdventureDramaFamilyHorrorSci-FiThriller

After a truck accident causes their release, a small rural town is faced with a swarm of killer bees.After a truck accident causes their release, a small rural town is faced with a swarm of killer bees.After a truck accident causes their release, a small rural town is faced with a swarm of killer bees.

  • Director
    • Penelope Buitenhuis
  • Writer
    • Dana Stone
  • Stars
    • C. Thomas Howell
    • Tracy Nelson
    • Fiona Loewi
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.2/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Penelope Buitenhuis
    • Writer
      • Dana Stone
    • Stars
      • C. Thomas Howell
      • Tracy Nelson
      • Fiona Loewi
    • 29User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    C. Thomas Howell
    C. Thomas Howell
    • Sheriff Lyndon Harris
    Tracy Nelson
    Tracy Nelson
    • Audrey Harris
    Fiona Loewi
    Fiona Loewi
    • Riley Muir
    Noel Fisher
    Noel Fisher
    • Dylan Harris
    Emily Tennant
    Emily Tennant
    • Cassidy Harris
    Doug Abrahams
    Doug Abrahams
    • Ditwaller
    Tom Heaton
    Tom Heaton
    • Zeke Gillman
    Christopher Lovick
    • Jared Wylie
    • (as Chris Lovick)
    Michael P. Northey
    Michael P. Northey
    • Farmer Norbert
    G. Patrick Currie
    • Lyndon's Father
    • (as Patrick Currie)
    Casey Dubois
    • Lyndon Harris - aged 7
    Michael Eklund
    Michael Eklund
    • Deputy Slim
    Betty Linde
    Betty Linde
    • Sissy
    Natasha Wilson
    Natasha Wilson
    • Nadine
    Ralph Alderman
    • Doc Kearny
    Frank C. Turner
    Frank C. Turner
    • Skinny Farmer
    Raimund Stamm
    • Truck Pollinator
    Mark Holden
    Mark Holden
    • Fire Chief
    • Director
      • Penelope Buitenhuis
    • Writer
      • Dana Stone
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    3Hayden-86055

    Killer CGI

    Killer Bees isn't a great film at all, but it plods slowly along and tries its best. There are one or two mildly effective moments but most of it is just talking and with poor dialogue.

    3/10: I don't want to give it too low a rating as it's not a disaster and raises itself above some other low budget films but it is still not very good at all
    4Tinmancr

    Oddly tolerable..

    I will start with this is more of a 3.5-3.8 not a full 4. The effects are pretty bad more like 70s-80s b movie NOT 50s or 60s. The acting is also awful the kids actually almost save this flop. If you somehow like CT howell you may even enjoy this as he is the sheriff. The story is probably the best, about the quality you could expect from an average 6th grader. Even so I watched this and can say of the 1000s of horror/monster flicks this was not among the worst by any means. It is fairly clean for family watching, some sensuality and pg violence. Watch it on netflix or something it will be cheap and you could do a lot worse. Josh
    2Theo Robertson

    Yet Another By The Numbers Bee Movie

    It wasn't until after watching this that I suddenly realised something - That movies featuring bees on the rampage are totally self limiting in concept and structure . I've seen several of these type of movies and they always play out like this : A figure of authority ( usually a doctor or law enforcement agent ) finds the body of someone who's died under unknown circumstances . The audience are always one step ahead of the authority figure so know fine well how the victim died ( Usually by a camera being thrown in their face or something resembling bees superimposed over the camera lens ) so in order for the plot to go somewhere the running time is taken up with the authority figure meeting a beautiful doctor/scientist/vet so we get a romantic subplot , then about 2/3rds of the way through the movie after the authority figure has consumated the relationship it's then he realises people have been getting killed by cameras being thrust in their face/ rather poor animation and then races to save the local population against superimposed bees

    There you go , another by the numbers thriller with deadly bees . the important number here is two . As in two out of ten
    3Vomitron_G

    Invasion of the Black Killer Dots

    Oh boy, C. Thomas Howell has sunk so low... He did "The Hitcher", for Pete's sake! Here, he's starring in this poor soap-opera quality vehicle as a sheriff whose town gets infected by a plague of poor CGI killer dots. No thrills, no action, cinematography that gets painfully awful at some times and a final shot (involving a swarm of more killer dots) portraying that this silly nightmare isn't over yet. Please make it stop. And since this was made for TV, you might get the idea...: No gore and nudity either. Only watch it in a case where you feel you could die of boredom. Otherwise, avoid it, or you might as well watch "Swarmed" (2005) instead. That one's at least a bit of fun, and stars Tim Thomerson, everybody's favorite B-movie actor. Thomerson will kick Howell's ass any day. I don't care if Howell took on Hauer in the 80's. He sure lost it now.
    2Leofwine_draca

    Awful indeed

    My review of KILLER BEES!, a silly and no-budget TV movie from 2002, will go off on a tangent because of personal reasons. I found the tone of the script particularly offensive, particularly in the depiction of multiple sclerosis. I write as somebody married to an MS sufferer, and I can report that the MS portrayed in this film is even more ridiculous than the stuff involving the killer bees. The character doesn't act like somebody with MS in the slightest, the symptoms as described are wrong, and to top it all they describe MS as a 'terminal illness'. It's sloppy writing, and had me fuming.

    Still, at least it enlivened what is otherwise an entirely forgettable movie. KILLER BEES! follows the same old hackneyed storyline with a single character (THE HITCHER'S C. Thomas Howell, looking old and tired) who recognises the impending threat while nobody else believes him. Inevitably, there's a big event coming up, and the greedy Mayor refuses to cancel it. What makes KILLER BEES! stand out is how poorly the action is staged, in addition to the terrible calibre of the special effects.

    The PG rating is the final insult; if this had contained some proper gore effects a la PIRANHA 3D, I could have forgiven it for the rest of the problems. Instead, it plays it safe throughout, and the shots of bees are limited to just a few CGI clouds in the skies. It's nonsense and the cast of badly-acting townsfolk hardly serve to increase the entertainment value. In a world of bad films, KILLER BEES! is the worst bee B-movie yet.

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    • Goofs
      Did they say Washington State? How many tornadoes does Washington State have? It's brought up in the movie and the movie ends with one.
    • Quotes

      Sheriff Lyndon Harris: I've been stung before, I don't plan on being stung again

    • Soundtracks
      Livid Sky
      Written and Produced by Patrick J. Haberl

      Performed by Monkeys With Guns

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    • Release date
      • November 19, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Killer Bees
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Shavick Entertainment
      • Insight Film Studios
      • Regent Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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