Who remembers the movie the savage bees, filmed in new orleans. All of the oh my god, the bees are killing him or her. Im pretty sure it was shown as part of a season of killer bee movies, which is a weird genre to exist. A swarm of aggressive african bees are accidently imported to north america from brazil. After that, its blurry and low resolution, but acceptable barely. The coroner advises the sheriff that the cause of the crews death was from bee stings. It was directed by freddie francis, and stars suzanna leigh, guy doleman, and frank finlay. The place for cold drinks, dry snacks and the general unusual. This is the extremely rare australian video trailer for the 1978 disaster movie the bees, starring john saxon and john carradine. Half of this movie involves people talking about bees, the other half is people driving around looking for the bees. With ben johnson, michael parks, paul hecht, gretchen corbett, horst buchholz, bruce french, james best, david gray. In this horrordrama the festive fun of the annual mardi gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of african killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
Or rather i remember watching a film about killer bees where the bees are lured to somewhere cold at the end, and thats this film. As the death toll continues to mount, it falls to the local sheriff to protect the. A swarm of vicious killer bees with a deadly sting descends on new orleans at the height of mardi gras. Todays film is the savage bees a tv movie from 1976. But none came close to director bruce gellers the savage bees, a madefortelevision effort that originally aired on november 22, 1976. Who remembers the movie the savage bees, filmed in new.
It was adapted from a novel of the same name by arthur herzog. Youd think one killer bee movie would be sufficient. In an aerial shot that im sure was a very, very proud day for this director, we track all the way from eliott on the boat to the sheriffs car cruising down a riverfront road. The savage bees tv movie 1976 company credits imdb. Next story the savage bees 1976 part 5 of 6 previous story the savage bees 1976 part 3 of 6 you may also like. See the full list of the savage bees cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. When a strange edible substance appears on a remote island, local farmer mr. This madefortv movie aired on nbc in november 1976 and was, in the authors opinion, the best of the killer bee movies of the 1970s. The savage bees was produced by don kirschner, the famous rock promoter who infamously abused neil diamonds song writing abilities to make hit records for the monkeys.
Back on the love boat, eliott keener and captain stubing are scanning the shoreline with binoculars. An emmyaward winner for best sound mixing, the savage bees debuted november 22, 1976, on nbc. This nicelydone german poster features a skull, which makes. As it turns out, the savage bees, in spite of its tv budget production, is the best on offer. Watch as they discuss for 15 minutes how to get bees off a volkswagen. Plot in a nutshell sees a strain of african killer bees sneak over to the deep south of america via freighter. The savage bees 1976 a sheriff, a scientist, and a doctor somehow convince an entire swarm of killer bees to swarm a volkswagen beetle and drive to the superdome. I tried to be nice to this movie, but the plot is so absurd i can barely. The savage bees is a 1976 american television horror film directed by bruce geller. The swarm is a 1978 american disasterhorror film about a killer bee invasion of texas.
The savage bees not rated 1h 30min horror, scifi, thriller tv movie 22 november 1976 the festive fun of the annual mardi gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of african killer bees escape from a foreign freighter. The festive fun of the annual mardi gras celebration is brought to a. Even though a bit lacking in production values the savage bees is a lot better then the far more expensive and star studded killer bee deserter movie the swarm that turned out to be a real disaster and bombed out in the movie houses a few years later. The savage bees 1976 1122 1976 us horror, thriller, tv movie 1h 30m user score. The first half of it lacks some suspense probably a result of the low budget. The savage bees 1976 bruce geller related allmovie. The plot follows a swarm of killer bees brought to new orleans during mardi gras, and a scientists attempt to stop them. The savage bees 1976 fantastic movie musings and ramblings. With ben johnson, michael parks, paul hecht, gretchen corbett. They spot what they think is a body on the shore and eliott goes outside to make preparations to reel it in. Skinner john mcliam and his wife ida lupino deem it a blessing and feed it to their farm animals. The savage bees 1976 tv movie article 3044 by dave sindelar viewing date.
The savage bees tv movie 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In these movies, deadly stings are a way of life when killer bees reign judge, jury. It is a careless transfer from a bad vhs tape and the picture rolls and has vhs image tracking problems for the first 4 or 5 minutes. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. The savage bees bruce geller, 1976 as much as guerdon truebloods movies were offthecuff disasteroftheweek junk, i have to admit that the guy was capable of crafting scenes that stayed with me for decades after i first saw the movies. The savage bees is a 1976 american madefortelevision horror film directed by bruce geller. The savage bees 1976 horror, thriller tv movie youtube. A neat little thriller that won an emmy in the category of film sound mixing. Its a good movie to be a made for tv and the bee sting victims end up with some nasty looking facial features. Then marvel as they drive the whole carload of bees downtown to see a saints game.
For the love of god, do not confuse them with the hardworking. Killer bee thriller a boat from brazil inadvertently brings a swarm of killer bees to new orleans during mardi gras. American president lines shipboard location facilities furnished by consolidated film industries cfi processing department of defense we gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and facilities furnished by as the department of defense. In this horrordrama the festive fun of the annual mardi gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of african killer bees escape from a foreign frei. Because the bees in this movie should not be confused with the hardworking, industrious american honeybee, which provides us with honey and pollinates our flowers. The savage bees 1976 a sheriff, a scientist, and a doctor somehow convince. At the time, the threat of africanized honey bees aka killer bees seemed imminent, with local news broadcasts routinely reporting on the encroaching threat. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. The savage bees is a classic 1970s killer bee film, but this dvd release from cheezy flicks is terrible. The plot of the film is that a boat from brazil lands in new orleans, louisiana with the entire crew dead.
New orleans at the height of the mardi gras weekend. Another crazy made for tv killer insect film that deals with the horrors of those killer bees. The deadly bees is a 1966 british horror film based on h. One man stand between the swarm of death and the population of new orleans. Time out says somebodys poisoned mah dawg wails sheriff ben johnson, only to discover that the mutts been stung to death by a swarm of killer bees up from south. Norman gary, an entomologist and production consultant, was the bee wrangler for the movie. Having already overrun most of south america, a swarm of vicious african killer bees prepares to descend upon the united states. It was released theatrically in the united states in 1967 and was featured in. Much better than the swarm, this one even got sequelized a few years later. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Almost as if rehearsed, the tiny menaces converge on new orleans. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described.
The plot follows a swarm of killer bees brought to new orleans during mardi. Find similar and related movies for the savage bees 1976 bruce geller on allmovie. The savage bees is one of several movies about killer bees that came out of the late 70s. On november 22, 1976 the nbc movie of the night was the savage bees starring ageing western movie actor, ben johnson. The 1973 spanish drama film the spirit of the beehive uses bees as symbolism for. Tcm messageboards post your comments here add your comment. The savage bees is one of several movies about killer bees that came. The savage bees 1976 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Durig an african killer bees panic caused by the media in 1976 which is also ironically referenced in michael moores bowling for columbine by the way, the low budget horror flick the savage bees was made. Conan the barbarian 1982, a recap part 6 of 6 mar 30, 2020.
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