Well...it's not as bad as the other bee film, 'The Swarm,' but that's not saying much. It's just that bees are not as intrinsically scary as say, snakes or rats are. As if the film's producers went through all the small domestic animals, snakes, rats, rabid dogs, spiders and were left with bees.
Amicus productions were always the poor man's Hammer films and although they did one or two half decent horrors, the rest were mainly low budget pap, this been one of the latter.
The only saving graces are that Suzanna Leigh is easy on the eyes and how that as the hero, Guy Doleman was a very unsympathetic character, which made an unusual change. He really seems half-arsed about saving Leigh from any danger she is in, perhaps he'd heard her singing as the pop star she plays in this!
Viewed from today's standards, the special effects are very poor and were probably substandard when it was originally made. And if you can't figure out who the real villain is after 30 minutes or less, then you really shouldn't be allowed out on your own! There's only two suspects to choose from anyway....
It's not as bad as some films I've seen in the horror genre, certainly not the worst but it's just bland and mediocre, which is the last thing you want a horror film to be.
Amicus productions were always the poor man's Hammer films and although they did one or two half decent horrors, the rest were mainly low budget pap, this been one of the latter.
The only saving graces are that Suzanna Leigh is easy on the eyes and how that as the hero, Guy Doleman was a very unsympathetic character, which made an unusual change. He really seems half-arsed about saving Leigh from any danger she is in, perhaps he'd heard her singing as the pop star she plays in this!
Viewed from today's standards, the special effects are very poor and were probably substandard when it was originally made. And if you can't figure out who the real villain is after 30 minutes or less, then you really shouldn't be allowed out on your own! There's only two suspects to choose from anyway....
It's not as bad as some films I've seen in the horror genre, certainly not the worst but it's just bland and mediocre, which is the last thing you want a horror film to be.