I watched this movie about a year ago with my husband. I thought it was hysterically entertaining, but he on the other hand thought it was a “sack of crap”. Recently I put it on again, and it was much more well received the second time around. I’m not exactly sure what changed for him, but he too thought it was hilarious.
When several people in California turn up dead, of unknown causes, the authorities get involved. After a little investigation they conclude that the deaths were brought upon by ’sexual exhaustion’. With a cast of buxom beauties in dark sunglasses, it is soon revealed that the women in the film are injecting themselves with hormones from bees in order to have bigger busts, smaller waists, and to reverse any signs of aging. Unfortunately for these women, the hormone injections have some nasty side affects. After taking these injections, the women are officially transformed into ‘bee girls’. After the transformations their entire eye turns black, so they are forced to wear sunglasses in order to fit in to society. Another affect is that they have a constant desire to mate. Putting two and two together, the officials soon figure out that these bee girls are behind it all.
This 1973 grindhouse film is a cross between soft core porn and a monster movie. Unlike most classic monster movies however, the victim experiences extreme happiness in his last seconds alive.
This film is about as good as it came in the 1970’s for B films. With gorgeous women with feathered hair and all sorts of promiscuous sex, one may catch themselves saying “bom chika bow wow” repeatedly during the coarse of the movie. Nudity aside, this movie is actually pretty entertaining. It’s one of those movies, that are so ridiculous that you find yourself laughing over the intense and suspenseful scenes. The close ups on the women’s eyes are truly one of the creepiest things I have ever seen. One of the best bits of the movie to watch out for is when they show the bee girls’ point of view.
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