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Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, Richard Chamberlain, Patty Duke, José Ferrer, Slim Pickens, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Bradford Dillman, Lee Grant, Ben Johnson, and Fred MacMurray in The Swarm (1978)

Parents guide

The Swarm

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    None
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

None
6 of 8 found this to have none
A few romances, but nothing significantly suggestive.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
3 of 7 found this moderate
Cadavers are discovered in a missile base basement; no blood.
Two helicopters are struck down by a swarm of bees and explode, killing the crews inside.
Bees swarm a family picnic. The mother and father are killed, but the traumatized son manages to get into the car and drive away. He swerves recklessly into town, crashing in the town square. No one is injured.
An entire town square is attacked by bees. One man, flailing his arms, smashes through the window of a bakery. Everybody is implied dead.
A train is derailed and tumbles down a hillside, provoking passengers to fly through the windows and killing them. The passenger carts eventually detonate; only seventeen passengers are confirmed alive.
Paul, one of the kids, flatlines in the hospital.
The bees invade the plant, killing both Andrews and Hubbard, as well as completely destroying the plant.
Man-made burning in the finale; cars and buildings are sent ablaze, several of the donors are killed.
An ambulance filled with bees (including the driver) crashes into the main lobby of a building, violently exploding.
A couple of flamethrower men are set on fire. One screams frenetically and smashes out one of the windows, falling to his death.

Profanity

Mild
5 of 8 found this mild
"Son of a bitch" is used 2-3 times.
Fifteen uses of "hell", eighteen uses of "damn", two uses of "son of a bitch", one use of "ass" and one of "goddamn".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

None
5 of 8 found this to have none

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
4 of 6 found this moderate
The bee attacks may disturb younger viewers.
Jerry Goldsmith's score is very dramatic.
The characters often have hallucinations of giant bees.
The finale is pretty intense.
Everyone in the town were panic and attacked by bees. This scene is very bloody and frightening, and it can be very upsetting when the children's died by bee.
Several explosions, a train crash, illusions of a giant bee in close up, fires (including people set alight), falling through glass, and occasions when individuals (including some children) are overrun and die with bees over their bodies. All of these scenarios are devoid of blood and gore.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 14
  • Australia
    • PG
    • NRCoriginal rating
  • Canada
    • PGself-applied
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • 12
  • India
    • A
  • Ireland
    • 12
  • Japan
    • G
  • Netherlands
    • 12orginal rating
  • Norway
    • 15iTunes rating
    • 161978
  • Poland
    • 12TV rating
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • Spain
    • 14original rating
    • 122012, re-rating
    • 131985, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • 12tv rating
    • 122002, extended version, video rating
    • PG1987, video rating
    • A1978, original rating
  • United States
    • TV-14
    • PGcertificate #25257
  • West Germany
    • 16nf

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