Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

Wonderful Movie

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

An agent for the State Department named "Neil Agar" (William Smith) is sent to Peckham, California to determine if there is any connection between the death of a man and a local top secret government research facility called "Brandt Industries". Not long after his arrival, other men begin dying at an alarming rate. The cause of death is sexual exhaustion in almost all of the cases. Now, as one might expect from a B-movie this one has some typical flaws. First, the lighting in several scenes was clearly inadequate. Likewise, the special effects were somewhat basic as well. In addition to that, there was quite a bit of nudity. Some of it enhanced a particular scene but at other times it didn't seem necessary or even that remarkable. However, what I did find rather remarkable was that, minus the nudity, this is the type of film one might expect to see back in the 1950's. It has that type of a plot. Be that as it may, for a "Bee-movie" this wasn't that bad.

Y'know, it's too bad William Smith didn't have a better agent.Imagine if Clint Eastwood was stuck in B movie hell all his life. Smith had the talent and the presence to be an A list actor.That said, this movie sucked. It seemed to have been filmed by a college student who made the story up as they went along. Men would get laid by women and then you hear buzzing sounds and then they're dead. No simulated sex was shown...just men lying on their back and girls who sometimes had bee-looking eyes. Lots of brief boobie nudity - oh, well. Even the title graphics looked cheap. The plot made no sense - somehow bees and humans were cross- bred.....Extremely cheap movie....if it cost more than $100 to film, I'd be surprised. Anyone with a video camera could do a better job.

Inspired 70's b-movie about a colony of bees that manage to infiltrate the minds and bodies of glamorous women, and use them as vessels for a takeover of mankind. Here's the rub, so to speak: they 'sting' their prey during copulation with the male species. Hence the 'R' rating. A bevy of buxom b-movie starlets (and loops, e.g. Rene Bond, Kathy Hilton), work their way around the campus of a university under the watchful eye of the sultry Anitra Ford, as she pilots their take-over of the town of Peckham. Alarmed at the increasing rate of stiffs being wheeled into the morgue, local police captain (Osmond) welcomes Federal agent William Smith (in fine, fighting form) along with bimbo sidekick Victoria Vetri, sent to investigate the strange phenomena.Witty dialogue (courtesy of noted word-smith and director Nicholas Meyer) sets this cult sci-fi apart; Denis Sanders' direction isn't especially taut and momentum does tend to sag, but the constant influx of quirky characters and situations is irresistibly entertaining. Some of the special effects used to depict the bee-vision isn't bad either, considering its vintage. The cast is an interesting assembly of talent, with experience (Smith, Hammer, Osmond, King in particular) offset by rank amateurism. Anitra Ford is a beguiling woman, but her acting talents here are lamentable. Fortunately, her looks do tend to compensate.Don't be mislead by some of the associated press and commentary concerning this film: while it isn't soft porn, nor is it "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in narrative or technical standard. Disbelief aside, if you can appreciate the dry humour and lusty amateurs who adorn the screen (sometimes being smothered in bee wax for good measure) you should enjoy this, one-of-a-kind movie experience.

Now we know how the terrorist slipped through and almost set off a bomb over Detroit. Government agents were busy investigating why men are dying of heart attacks after sex with their wives.This was a running joke in the film as people were advised to avoid sex. That went over well.The basic premise is the takeover of the Earth from men by killing them. Obviously, all me will willingly engage in extramarital sex with any woman who seems willing.The film stars William Smith (Any Which Way You Can, Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn), and features one of the original "Price is Right" models, Anitra Ford, as the Head Bee Girl. Also stars Victoria Vetri, the 1968 Playboy Playmate of the Year (and we do get to see why!).The best scene is when they transform a new widow into a Bee Girl. After the transformation process, Ford plants a big kiss on the new initiate, which drives the other Bee Girls into a frenzy and lots of big natural breasts are exposed.Another great scene occurred when Smith runs into rescue Vetri before she can be transformed. He grabs her naked body like a sack of flour.Great B movie fare.