Royal Jelly

I watched the first five minutes and went on to something else, saving it for a later time. I couldn't sleep last night so i turned it on and watched it half-asleep, and it was STILL bad. Lol

the script was terrible, most of the acting was high school play level, the dead teacher didn't make any sense unless queen bee went and killed him so she could meet aster (which is possible to move the plot along but still dumb).

I know it was supposed to represent a human bee hive. But it wasn't executed properly. At the end, i couldn't even tell if they were supposed to be bees or vampires with .99 fake fangs. The make-up was terrible, a lot was left unexplained, just waste of time. I wasn't sleeping anyway so it was a wash.

The absolute best thing about this entire film is the poster. The poster does far more to convey any sense of mystery, thriller, perhaps horror than the film does at ANY point.

Unfortunately, as this film begins it's EXCEPTIONALLY clear that none of the actors are very talented. In the opening 5 minutes one just knows that if the quality of acting being displayed is this poor, it's only going to get worse.... and it does.

The story is looooooooooong, drawn out, and simply so, so, soo uninteresting. There's no tension built whatsoever. It's all drama, poorly acted, drama - other than the last 5-10 minutes where it's poorly acted "thriller" on a made-for-tv level.

This film is really not worthy of anyone's time. Sorry. I know a lot fo people put work into it... but somewhere along the lines they should have simply cut their losses and ran. Surely the "dailies" showed how bad the acting was.

To say this is a high school production would be a great compliment. I'm honestly shocked that such a lousy film even got made. The story was incoherent, the acting was terrible, the cinematography was quite possibly the worst I've ever seen. I'd venture to guess that these are all students that made the film, because if they are professionals, they must be the lowest quality you could possibly find. I wish I could say that it was so bad that it was good, but I can't even say that. The special effects budget was probably $10. They literally put Halloween store plastic wings on the main character at the end. SMH.

I watch a lot of low-budget and no-budget movies, this sounded like it would be an interesting movie, and it is, but it seems a lot of people don't get what's going on, or think it's boring. A lot actually happens in this movie, but it is fairly underplayed. The beginning of the movie sets it up and explains exactly what is going on. I almost wish it went a little further in it's weirdness, and at the end it's very low-budget shows with some false teeth, the colors do not match the the actors teeth.....

This is a literal representation of a honey bee hive, on a human scale, if that doesn't appeal to you, you probably shouldn't watch it. It is actually a really interesting movie, and I think people are not giving it a fair shake.

If you can accept it's premise, I think there is a lot to enjoy, but it is a strange movie, one of the stranger ones I have seen recently, but I don't want to give too much away. It is a kind of dark fairytale/drama, and again, it may get confusing, but it is all explained at the very beginning, I recommend going back and watching the first few minutes. It moves slow, but pay attention and have some patience.

The main theme throughout the movie is a really haunting piano piece, it actually reminds me a bit of the "Nightmare on Elm Street Theme", sadly the rest of the music is hit or miss. The cinematography is generally good, except there are a little of dark shots towards the end where it is a bit hard to tell what is going on. The acting from the lead is good, and the rest of the cast is good enough, the worst actors, thankfully have very small parts. The sound mixing is thankfully, well-done, nothing is seriously out of balance.

It has a pretty classic fairlytale set-up, and I think it definitely keeps that feel throughout the movie, don't expect the plot to make real world sense, it isn't supposed to and it is meant to be surreal, so don't take things so literally. I think for what it aims to achieve, it has a fairly cohesive plot. If you accept its weird dark fairytale beehive premise you'll at least be entertained, if you don't, you will definitely not enjoy this movie.

Do NOT be deceived by paid reviews. Stay away ! Bad acting, bad story, bad special effects. I was expecting an okay B-grade movie, but oh my god was I wrong.