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…
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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…
It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) – Review
With the success of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, the “Nature Attacks” genre literally exploded in the 1970s, with moviegoers seeing the likes of William Girdler’s Grizzly and Joe Dante’s Piranha flooding the theatres and drive-ins, but even the small-screen was not safe from the influence of this nature gone wild explosion and thus people who tuned…
Jaws of Satan (1982) – Review
When it comes to horror films the “Nature Attacks” subgenre is rife with both good and bad examples, from Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws to Irwin Allen’s hilariously bad The Swarm, but in 1982 director Bob Claver helmed a little gem called Jaws of Satan, where druids and curses were brought into the mix to add…