THE SAVAGE BEES 1976 (TUBI)

Another great example of small screen horror I grew up with in the 1970's.

This 1976 made for TV thriller is pretty darn good. A foreign freighter sails into a harbor near New Orleans with a crew that is all dead.

After a young child and dog are discovered to have been stung to death, it become obvious to several people that a strain of killer bees have come to the USA.

Sheriff Donald McKew (Ben Johnson) and Dr. Jeff DuRand try in vain to tell the government what is going on, but as usual there is political play involved and so nothing gets done.

The two men and various others get together and try to stop a full scale invasion of New Orleans. This is still one of, if not the best killer bee movie ever made.

It has a made for TV budget, but it delivers the goods very well. Having the young child killed (off camera) is still very startling and has a real impact.

I also think the cast has something to do with the greatness of the film. Ben Johnson is simply top notch all the way as is Michael Parks as DuRand. The rest of the cast includes Gretchen Corbett, Paul Hecht, Horst Buchholz and James Best.

I was pleased to find this on TUBI and finally see it again. I wish they had more TV terror from the 70's. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!