In horror films the “When Animals Attack” subgenre really carved its niche in the 1970s with such classics as Steven Spielberg’s Jaws and then in less than stellar entries like William Girdler’s Grizzly, but while Great White Sharks and man-eating bears were all well and good but there was a subgenre of that subgenre which…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Bees (1978) – Review
If any genre cried out for the hands of legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman it has to be that of the killer bee movie, a genre that was notorious for its low-budget offerings as being made on the cheap was a hallmark of both this particular subgenre of eco-horror and Roger Corman himself, and so…
Terror Out of the Sky (1978) – Review
When it came to made-for-television movies in the 70s the idea of sequels was not yet a big thing, they were mostly one-off events things for the major networks, but the success of the 1976 made-for-television movie The Savage Bees, prompted NBC to take another swing at the killer bee genre with an aptly titled…
The Savage Bees (1976) – Review
The killer bee “nature attack” sub-genre may have been kicked off with the ABC Movie-of-the-Week Killer Bees, starring Gloria Swanson and Kate Jackson, but it was The Savage Bees, airing as NBC Night at the Movie, that really got the ball rolling and its success is probably partly responsible for all the killer ant and…
Killer Bees (1974) – Review
How can you make a low-budget made-for-television movie about killer bees seem attractive to the average television viewer? The answer is simple, cast legendary actress Gloria Swanson to star in the film, and this was the “logical” decision behind Killer Bees, an ABC Movie of the Week that resulted in what is probably one of…