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…
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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…
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) – Review
The 1970s were a booming time for eco-horror films, with nature attack films exploding across cinemas worldwide, and no bigger subgenre of this was the killer bee movie, which itself grew out of the fear that the South American strain of the African killer bee would invade the States and kill countless Americans, but that…
The Harry Potter Franchise (2001-2011) – Review
Raking in over 43 billion dollars the Harry Potter films are easily one of the most successful franchises in cinema history – I don’t know who will ever eclipse the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s ever-expanding franchise – but not only did the Harry Potter films make a killing at the box office they were also very…
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi: Their Universal Team-ups (1934 – 1939)
When it comes to horror icons people often think of the likes of Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger but back in the 1930s it wasn’t a set of particular monsters who fueled the imagination of millions of moviegoers across America but two legendary actors, who themselves created two of the all-time most iconic…