Killer Bees?

[Future Blob]

  What is it with the killer bees? I've seen 3 killer bee movies in a row, could there be a more pathetic enemy? Ooo a bee, it shall attack, it has the Honey of the Apocalypse! Oooo

 Actually go watch Deadly Invasion, it's full of groaning moments (Darwin's Law doesn't work in it) and that guy from Airplane is in it, Robert Hays.

[Flangepart]

Perfect follow on to an earlier posting. How many freakin' bees would it take to bring a man down, if he's in a bee sting proof suit? If the sting can't get to him, them bees are screwed! "Hey, Frank, hose me down with alcohol agine, then lets dance on 'em . i lead!" Poison threats are scary, as long as the humans don't have armor. Give 'em a fang/sting/spray proof suit, and its snake/bee/triffid clobbering time. Bee stings can kill, but them stingers can only go in so far.

[AndyC]

Reminds me of Kingdom of the Spiders, and those great scenes of Shatner running like hell, dodging and jumping to avoid regular-sized tarantulas that are just sitting on the ground, doing nothing - little, squishy spiders. Step on them, Bill!

Of course, there is that scene where his sister-in-law gets tackled on the run by a bunch of spiders. Didn't see below her knees, so your guess is as good as mine how they did it. They were all over her from one shot to the next. Funny, nothing happens to Shatner when he KNEELS down next to her for a minute or so, brushing the critters off with BARE HANDS and doing his "Oh God, no!" routine. Great movie.

[Squishy]

Well, bee fair (owch).

The novel upon which The Swarm is based (very very VERY loosely) dealt with the impact the bees cause across the entire nation--not as a result of "normal" Africanized bees, but from attacks by an even more agressive and poisonous mutation over the course of years...as opposed to the movie's weekend-long rampage of train attacks and nuke-plant detonations (giggle) in Texas. Not exactly terrifying, no, but what really is in movies anymore?

You can't stay suited up all the time and still live your life. Jaws will not terrify anyone who lives in a desert, but anyone who's ever fooled around with a wasp's nest as a kid will cringe at certain scenes in The Deadly or The Savage Bees. (When it is explained that the dog--and consequently, all the bees' other victims--in Savage died with bees entering its mouth and stomach, yes, that's a bit creepy. A bit.)

[Cullen]

They make me break out in hives.

[Lee]

Lord help us.

[yaddo42]

Sorry, I thought this thread was about the stand-up comedian KillerBeaz (groan).

There are still plenty of pathetic insect villians still to go.Since I'm from the South, I keep expecting someone to make a horror film about mutated swarms of willowflies, ciccadas (?), or sweat bees. Oops, I think I just gave Corman a few ideas....

[AndyC]

I haven't seen killer ciccadas (a less lazy man would look up the correct spelling) but I recall they were what triggered the killer in Blood Hook to go on his killing spree. Frequency of their chirping messed with the plate in his head.

[Future Blob]

    Well there were killer grasshoppers but that was GIANT killer grasshoppers so it may not count...oo how about killer butterflies, or ladybugs?

[Hairzilla]

Or possibly killer dung beetles... the $#@% has hit the fan! Hahaha! Now there'd be a truly ugly way to go! And I could just imagine the promo: "Laying waste to the world and a theater near you"!

[Funk, E]

Yo Hairzilla:

What about the Mummy? Flesh eating dung beetles that can strip a person to the bone in mere seconds. WooHoo!

[AndyC]

Killer dung beatles. I can just see the crazed insects rolling a big ball of do-do with bodies stuck in it.

As for killer lady bugs, that one would probably go over big around here. Last summer, there was a population explosion, apparently because of an abundance of food. They were all over everything. Not that they did any harm, it was just weird. Now that the weather's warming up a bit, they're already showing their little faces again. I can't say I've seen a lady bug in February before this year, but I've already seen several.

The question is, what would be the perfect tile for a movie about killer lady bugs?

[Flangepart]

Humm...good point Squish. Even Sir Galahad coulden't live in his tin can. No..must fight off compulsion..to quote Monty Python...must.. avoid doing the expected.....help me!

[Flangepart]

Um...."She swoops to conquor?",,no...ah, "Spotted death?"..Sucks....Dang...maby thats why some bugs don't get filmed....too hard to title the mess! Ticks, sure...fleas?i donno.....oh, man, that image of a dung pile full of bodys just rolling by....LOL!

[The Future Blob]

  They could do an Indiana Jones thing with people running away from a giant dung ball...

   Or what about potato bugs? Armored Death! "We will destroy you, as long as you are on an inclined surface!" Or Dragonflies! I can't really think of a tagline, but they just look pretty cool.

  Or, most deadly of all..."Butterflies: The Monarchs..of Doom!"