The Savage Bees (1976)

Savage Bees, The (1976, USA) C-91m. ** D: Bruce Geller. Starring Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Paul Hecht, Gretchen Corbett, Horst Buchholz, James Best. THE BIRDS (1963) meets JAWS (1975) in this made-for-TV horror. African killer bees are invading New Orleans at Mardi Gras, but nobody wants to listen to sheriff Johnson's warnings. Maybe expert Buchholz can help? Standard, earnest thriller offers no novelties, but is much better than similarly themed disaster thriller THE SWARM (1978). Followed by TV-movie TERROR OUT OF THE SKY (1978).


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