Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.

Director:

Denis Sanders

Writer:

Nicholas Meyer

Stars:

William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
William Smith	...	Neil Agar
Anitra Ford	...	Dr. Susan Harris
Victoria Vetri	...	Julie Zorn
Cliff Osmond	...	Captain Peters
Wright King	...	Dr. Murger
Ben Hammer	...	Herb Kline
Anna Aries	...	Nora Kline
Andre Philippe	...	Aldo Ferrara (as Andre Phillippe)
Sid Kaiser	...	Stan Williams
Katie Saylor	...	Gretchen Grubowsky (as Katie A. Saylor)
Beverly Powers	...	Harriet Williams
Tom Pittman	...	Harv
Bill Keller	...	Joe
Cliff Emmich	...	Coroner
Al Bordighi	...	Herm (as Al Bordiggi)

Storyline

In the small town of Peckham, California, many men die for excessive effort during sexual intercourse. When a scientist from the Brandt research laboratory is found dead in a motel, the government sends Agent Neil Agar (William Smith) to investigate the mysterious deaths. He suspects that the deaths may be related to some experiments of Dr. Susan Harris (Anitra Ford), who is researching bees in the Brandt facility.

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Plot Keywords:

female full frontal nudity | bee | female rear nudity | seduction | psychotronic film | 

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Taglines:

They'll Turn You on from Dusk to Dawn

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is in the public domain.

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Goofs

A swimming cap (protecting the actress's hair) is revealed on a character's head that hadn't been present minutes before when the very thick white paint-like substance is poured on the actress's head and the thick layer of white substance is removed.

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Quotes

Neil Agar: [to Stan] You're the geneticist, aren't you? Can you cross a man and a horse?
Stan Williams: You're asking me?
Neil Agar: Yes.
Aldo Ferrara: I told him you'd get a Centaur - mythologically speaking.
Stan Williams: [irritated] Realistically speaking, you'd get a summons for bestiality. Come on, Agar, what's with the asinine questions?

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Alternate Versions

The recent MGM DVD is missing footage. Part of the scene where Beverly Powers (Hills) seduces her man is missing, deleting some of her nudity. This may have been due to damaged materials used to create the DVD, as the scene is intact on the old VHS (and on a couple of budget DVDs that used the VHS for the source). The MGM version looks the best this low-budget film has ever looked, but the missing footage rankles. The same incomplete print runs on pay cable and MGM did not fix the problem and reissue the DVD.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Also Sprach Zarathustra
(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Strauss
[End title music]

User Reviews

Silly and Funny B-Movie

In the small town of Peckham, California, many men die for excessive effort during sexual intercourse. When a scientist from the Brandt research laboratory is found dead in a motel, the government sends Agent Neil Agar (William Smith) to investigate the mysterious deaths. He suspects that the deaths may be related to some experiments of Dr. Susan Harris (Anitra Ford), who is researching bees in the Brandt facility.

"Invasion of the Bee Girls" is a delightful and enjoyable B-movie. The dark cinematography is awful with very bad lighting and horrible direction; the flawed screenplay and dialogs are silly and very funny; most of the actors and actresses are ham, with terrible acting and ridiculous dialogs (when one of the guys, referring to his friend that has just died in a motel, says to his colleagues in the bar "- Imagine, coming and going at the same time", I laughed a lot) ; there are many beautiful naked women, free nudity with lots of breasts and hilarious scenes, like, for example, the unique shot of the hero along the whole story is in a lever of a computer that provokes fire and lethal smoke everywhere in the room where the bee girls are gathered together. The actresses undress practically in every scene, without any motive, being a film of soft sexploitation. If you like trash-movies and beautiful nude women, see this flick. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Invasão das Mulheres Abelhas" ("Invasion of the Bee Women")

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Graveyard Tramps

Filming Locations:

American Theatre, 24527 Spruce Street, Newhall, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sequoia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1