The Bees (1978)

Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy ... See full summary »

Director:

Alfredo Zacarías

Writer:

Alfredo Zacarías (original story)

Stars:

John Saxon, Angel Tompkins, John Carradine

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Saxon	...	John Norman
Angel Tompkins	...	Sandra Miller
John Carradine	...	Dr. Sigmund Hummel
Claudio Brook	...	Dr. Miller
Alicia Encinas	...	Alicia
Julio Cesar	...	Julio
Armand Martin	...	Arthur
José Chávez	...	Father (as Jose Chavez Trowe)
George Belanger	...	Undersecretary Brennan (as George Bellanger)
Delroy White	...	Winkler (as Deloy White)
Roger Cudney	...	Blankeley
Julia Yallop	...	Model
Chad Hastings	...	Gray
Elizabeth Wallace	...	Secretary
Al Jones	...	Mugger 1

Storyline

Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.

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Plot Keywords:

bee | killer bee | latin america | usa | laboratory | 

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Taglines:

They prey on HUMAN FLESH!

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Mexico USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Abejas asesinas

Filming Locations:

Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Bee One Productions, New World Pictures, Panorama Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Reptilicus (1961)

User Reviews

So bad its hilarious

Wow. This must be the funniest bad film of modern times, a real 1970s counterpart of Ed Wood's earlier classics. It features some awful acting and fluffed lines by the unforgettable cast featuring those B-movie veterans John Saxon and John (Star of 97 Mexican cheapies) Carradine, and glamorous starlet Angel Tompkins who apparently failed her "Charlie's Angels" audition and so ended up in this. Fifth billed is super-star Alicia Encinas, who has about four seconds of screen time and speaks one line of dialogue.

Watch out for the most obvious stock-footage ever seen (I mean, how many thousands of times have we seen that plane crashing film?---and how about those terrified-crowd scenes that were obviously filmed sometime in the 1960s), obvious dummies that drift in the breeze and are supposedly impersonating characters jumping from tall buildings, some outrageously bad sequences depicting ordinary citizens being attacked by rampaging bees that are so over-acted they actually do seem like a send-up, and watch out for poor arthritic John Carradine attempting to unbutton his jacket but on realising he wont be able to do it, pretends he was merely sweeping a bit of lint from his suit; I'm sure no one in the audience will ever notice that!

Love that funky and totally inappropriate theme music too! See it with "Demonoid" for maximum laughs.