Killer Bees (1974 film)
Reception
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''Moria'' found the effects disappointing and the plot dull, complaining that much of the movie keeps the bees offscreen, focusing on the family drama instead. Nevertheless, it did find the twist ending.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moriareviews.com/horror/killer-bees-tv-1974.htm|title = Killer Bees (1974)|date = 7 March 2013}} The ''[[New York Times]]'' found the movie a tedious bore, opining that the commercials advertising the movie were more interesting that the film itself.{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=1974-02-26 |title=TV Review |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/26/archives/tv-review-killer-bees-with-miss-swanson-on-abc.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |issn=0362-4331}} |
''Moria'' found the effects disappointing and the plot dull, complaining that much of the movie keeps the bees offscreen, focusing on the family drama instead. Nevertheless, it did find the twist ending.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moriareviews.com/horror/killer-bees-tv-1974.htm|title = Killer Bees (1974)|date = 7 March 2013}} The ''[[New York Times]]'' found the movie a tedious bore, opining that the commercials advertising the movie were more interesting that the film itself.{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=1974-02-26 |title=TV Review |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/26/archives/tv-review-killer-bees-with-miss-swanson-on-abc.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |issn=0362-4331}} |
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''SF Weekly'' was kinder to the film. While it found most of the effects laughable, |
''SF Weekly'' was kinder to the film. While it found most of the effects laughable, it deemed the scenes where Jackson and Swanson allowed real bees to crawl on them genuinely creepy. It granted that the film avoided many of the clichés that other killer bee movies contained, but pointed out that many questions (such as how the link with the bees came to be) remain unanswered. The musical score by [[David Shire]] was also singled out for praise.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/culture/the-golden-age-of-tv-movies-killer-bees-1974/|title=The Golden Age of TV Movies: Killer Bees (1974)|date=25 January 2016}} |
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==Home release== |
==Home release== |
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