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.
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.
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.
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.)
They make me break out in hives.
Lord help us.
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....
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.
Well there were killer grasshoppers but that was GIANT killer grasshoppers so it may not count...oo how about killer butterflies, or ladybugs?
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"!
Yo Hairzilla:
What about the Mummy? Flesh eating dung beetles that can strip a person to the bone in mere seconds. WooHoo!
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?
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!
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!
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!"
Frankly I think nothing could be more terrifing than a movie about killer newts.
Tagline: Slow, relentless, too cute to kill... NEWTS! (cue music)
Imagine caterpillars on a rampage. Not the tent caterpillars, or anything particularly hungry or ugly. This would be the cute little wooly bear caterpillars. A wave of fuzzy death engulfs a small town. Victims giggle uncontrollably as they are tickled to death. Throw in an evil land developer who destroyed the caterpillars' habitat, a dimwitted mayor who's only worried about bad publicity, a self-righteous local know-it-all and a beautiful, independent young caterpillar expert, and you have something.
All it needs is a title, like The Killer Fuzz or something.
...or Caterkiller!
Oh, you could go all out with that one! It could start off with cute little caterpillers and the developer is using a fact acting chemical agent to make the concrete age faster and the caterpillers go into crysalys state to emerge... dun, dun dun.... CHANGED!
Run away! Run away! There Flang, feel better?
I hear ya, it's been like that for years up here... Story goes some college or scientific institute was experimenting on them, then just let them free, and things went from there. Come to think of it, that'd be a pretty good plot for the movie-- Sort of a Night of the Lepus thing. We've had an abundance of ladybugs in the house the past few winters... Oh yeah, and a word of advice: Never, EVER eat one!
Lady bugs could be given the cane toad treatment. I'd like to see a scene with one trying to eat a pigeon.
I'm thinking this idea might make a better TV special than a theatrical release. One of those two-parters for May Two-Four (Memorial Day in the States).
ABC presents the world television premiere of Peter Benchley's The Fuzz.
Attack of the Mushroom Men!
Tagline: Eat Me!
Maybe as an X-Files Season Cliffhanger/Premier. Can't you just imagine all the people on the edge of there seats all off season waiting to se what dasterly things the little fuzzy buggers do! I smell emmy!
"She turned me into a Newt!" "A newt? " " ......................I got better..."
Ahhh, couldn't resist the Monty Python urge after all could you! Mwahahahah!
Been done, believe it or not, only with "People" instead of "Men." By Inoshiro Honda, director of the original Godzilla, no less.
Fine! How about "Killer Mutant Bovine from Outer f**king Space!" Has that been done, hu? hu?
PS.
;-) I'm not really upset or surprised now that I think about it.
Actually I'm amazed no one has done a "Mad Cow" movie....
The Killer Fuzz sounds like a sixties movie...
Howzabout Fireflys? "Don't go towards the Light..."
How about "Doe!" Attack of the rabid genetically engineered female deer. Enineered by a made scientist named Homer player by O.J. Simpson
Tagline: This time your in THEIR sights!
ROFL!!!!! My gosh! You guys have waaaaaayyyyyyy to much time on your hands!
Why not have cute, furry animals in political thrillers or action flicks. The Rats of NIMH, after years of oppression by communist forces from neighbouring Animal Farm, develop a crude nuclear device. This is alarming to the peaceful governments of Watership Down and the Riverbank. It's up to Hammy, Matty and GP to stop the rats, joining forces with Fiver, Cowslip and Bigwig.
Okay, Andy, It's time to stop licking microdots before your first cup of coffee ;-)
I think maybe just less coffee might do it.
I hadn't even gotten to the part where Algernon the mouse is the only one with the scientific know-how to disarm the bomb.
Run away! Run away!
>> Algernon the mouse is the only one with the scientific know-how to disarm the bomb.
Yeah, but he's slowing loosing that knowledge and turning feral.
Unfortunately Heidi the Hippo bursts end and wasted the poor mouse before he could complete his mission. Everyone dies. The end.
Hey, I'd love to see a modern Watership Down movie, General Woundwort was a great villian! (Though somehow telling people the Black Rabbit is coming for them hasn't inspired fear just yet).
They've done birds and bats, but not flying squirrils (sp). Furry Death From Above!
oh and in that animal story,there could be the mysterious Cave that's guarded by a terrible monster. When they get there, of course,it's just a cute little white bunny..;-)
For some reason, there was about a week when I was ten where I was convinced that the coolest movie ever would be about killer spotted owls. I forget my exact logic behind that concept, but what the hell-- chances are I'd still pay to see it...
You don't dare kill them, because they're endangered - LOL