Monday, October 22, 2012

The Deadly Bees (1967)

Paramount Pictures
Directed by Freddie Francis
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Legend Films)

Pretty pop star Suzanna Leigh has a nervous breakdown so goes to the country to recuperate. Instead, she gets caught in the middle of a feud between rival beekeepers. The mystery is obvious and the special effects for the bee-killing scenes consist of nothing more than film of swarming bees superimposed over a barking dog. Robert Bloch must have watched Hitchcock's The Birds and thought he could recreate it with bees, but fails miserably. Speaking of The Birds, a rock group with the same name (not the more famous Byrds) sings a pretty good song towards the beginning. They released an EP and a bunch of singles in the 60s.

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