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Written by James M. Tate / 12/24/2024 / No comments / amicus , body-count , frank finlay , freddie francis , guy doleman , horror , katy wild , ron wood , sixties , suzanna leigh , thriller

SUZANNA LEIGH, FRANK FINLAY & KATY WILD IN 'THE DEADLY BEES'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KseZvfl9WasU8X7zzi6A6sfzN3FXe7EG9Aulx0JK9t6O1YB_jv36NX4LuZAkW40AgbidnlBx-D-MVNxi_xZwV8y2rgsr4hKn2WvLF-HmBkQWt9JVlBU19ne-KdJcktIa0ErnrMofYD1ed1MKG_MZSklAvb3t9KTC_f0HhBMN06ywdO_12ryU9HJNHS-x/s1952/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-25%20at%204.53.48%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1952" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KseZvfl9WasU8X7zzi6A6sfzN3FXe7EG9Aulx0JK9t6O1YB_jv36NX4LuZAkW40AgbidnlBx-D-MVNxi_xZwV8y2rgsr4hKn2WvLF-HmBkQWt9JVlBU19ne-KdJcktIa0ErnrMofYD1ed1MKG_MZSklAvb3t9KTC_f0HhBMN06ywdO_12ryU9HJNHS-x/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-25%20at%204.53.48%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suzanna Leigh in THE DEADLY BEES Year: 1966 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>By the time British redhead Katy Wild (reunited with director Freddie Francis after THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN) attempts running frantically away from a horde of DEADLY BEES raised and kept by initially subtle antagonist Frank Finlay, lead starlet Suzanna Leigh... as a burnt-out pop star on sabbatical in the rural farmhouse next door... has spent most of the movie figuring out who instead of what, making DEADLY more a slow-burn mystery than the kind of violent body-count thriller that many other killer-insect vehicles would progress into... With a cast also including handsome cad Guy Doleman, whose house Leigh's staying in, and barkeeper (and Hammer regular) Michael Ripper, whose daughter is played by Wild and, working as a maid for Doleman... and as much as dad worries... she's got no chance against Finlay's impending (and vengeful) killer bug army...

amicus, body-count, frank finlay, freddie francis, guy doleman, horror, katy wild, ron wood, sixties, suzanna leigh, thriller

SUZANNA LEIGH, FRANK FINLAY & KATY WILD IN 'THE DEADLY BEES'

Suzanna Leigh in THE DEADLY BEES Year: 1966 Rating: **** By the time British redhead Katy Wild (reunited with director Freddie Francis after...

CLASSIC HORROR VIBES REVIVING 'THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES'

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american international, amicus, body count, caroline munro, dark comedy, exploitation, horror, peter jeffrey, seventies, terry-thomas, vincent price, virginia north

CLASSIC HORROR VIBES REVIVING 'THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES'

Virginia North in THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES Year: 1971 Rating: ****1/2 For American International Pictures, THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES was a ...

PULPY SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 </td></tr>
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Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, what's here is a kind of laidback hangout sequel centering more on that land's PEOPLE, and is basically a Fantasy version of FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE as an assorted, eclectic group just kind of traipses around rugged terrain for most of the picture... 
 
The action comes in halfway through for our main heroes Patrick Wayne and Sarah Douglas, a one-dimensional yet dependably stalwart journeyman and a quirky British photographer, along with a plump, likeable middle-aged English bloke (Thorley Walters) and a funny pilot (Shane Brimmer): the latter staying back at camp randomly shooting pterodactyl, waiting for his group to return...

action, adventure, amicus, dana gillespie, david prowse, dinosaur, doug mcclure, fantasy, patrick wayne, richard leparmentier, sarah douglas, sequel, seventies, shane brimmer

PULPY SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT T...

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1)OTLEY 2)ROBBERY 3)HELL IS A CITY 4)THE FEARMAKERS 5)CANYON PASSAGE 6)HOT CARS 7)VIOLENT SATURDAY 8)THE BREAK 9)THE CROWDED SKY 10)THE ROARING TWENTIES 11) ANATOMY OF A MURDER 12)CALCULATED RISK 13)SWEENEY TWO 14)RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA 15)HARDCORE 16)JUNGLE STREET 17)WHITE HEAT 18)FALLEN ANGEL 19)A PRIZE OF ARMS 20)THE BIG HEAT 21)SHARKS' TREASURE 22)THE MARKED ONES 23)THE DRIVER 24)THE SYSTEM 25)AIR PATROL 26)THE STONE KILLER 27)JOURNEY INTO FEAR 28)WILLIAM CONRAD'S BRAINSTORM 29)PAYROLL 30)THE MAN FROM LARAMIE FAVORITE ACTORS 1)DANA ANDREWS 2)JAMES CAGNEY 3)STANLEY BAKER 4)MARLON BRANDO 5)JACK NICHOLSON 6)CHARLES BRONSON 7)BURT REYNOLDS 8)WILLIAM LUCAS 9)TOM COURTENAY 10)GENE HACKMAN DIRECTORS 1)JACQUES TOURNEUR 2)RICHARD FLEISCHER 3)VAL GUEST 4)STANLEY KUBRICK 5)OTTO PREMINGER 6)ORSON WELLES 7)JOHN GUILLERMAN 8)JOHN LANDIS 9)SAM PECKINPAH 10)MICHAEL WINNER