The Savage Bees

The Savage Bees

They're coming this way...not to make honey, but to kill.

Directed by Bruce Geller

Produced by Alan Landsburg Productions, Don Kirshner Productions

197790 min5.5 / 10

A creature-threat thriller that disrupts a festive celebration with an unstoppable natural disaster, balancing disaster-film tension with 1970s TV-movie restraint.

In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Savage Bees scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is The Savage Bees sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is The Savage Bees violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Does The Savage Bees end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Savage Bees easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

27/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity50

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise31

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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