Invasion of the Bee Girls

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Summary: Well, Smother Me In Marshmallow Cream!
Review: INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS is one of my favorite movies of all time! Yes, horrible / beautiful Bee Girls are attempting to take control of earth by seducing, mating with, and killing the poor males of our species! They are also recruiting human females to increase their horrid numbers! Beware! They wear big sunglasses and cover future members (gorgeous naked women, of course) in white, creamy, bee-goo! You could be next! On second thought, no, I'll be next. I hereby volunteer to save you by sacrificing myself to these nasty insectile ladies. If you don't own this film, how will you ever defend yourself against their onslaught?? Buy it now, for safety's sake...

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Summary: Sexual sirens in stinging sexy sci-fi
Review: Sec'y State- Security: Attn: Investigation
Obit: John Grubowsky, Brandt Research
Peckham, CA., 52-XYE, Dept. MD
Bacteriology, Clearance: Top Scret
Cause of Death: Undetermined
Investigate. Supvision Sec'y State
End of Message.

The above message sends Neil Agar, a Special State Investigator, because of top secret research done at the Brandt Research Center. However, eight men die in three days, all with the same symptoms, coronary thrombosis induced by sexual intercourse nearby. When that last is mentioned at a meeting, the residents snicker. Agar works with Captain Peters, the local police chief, and Grubowsky's assistant and presumably last person to see him alive, the bookish and too serious Julie Zorn. Presumably is right, as later, Ms. Grubowsky gets a call from the last person to see her husband alive.

All the deaths are men, and there is no occupational correlation. However, it's a remark by Peters on the victims that plants a seed in Agar's mind: "They're dropping like flies." The tension felt among Peckham's residents boil up to an attempted rape.

One scene in particular turns from idyllic to shocking. A naked girl alights from a motorcycle and goes to a guy waiting for her. The couple slowly roll down the hill. A loud buzzing sound meshed with a weird keyboard synthesizer rises to a crescendo. The guy's dead body is revealed, a sickly white colour, his mouth gaping open. A dramatic chord then sounds on cue, as it does with each corpse revealed.

The sexiest scene hands down has to be the transformation of a woman into a Bee Girl. And the sight of Bee Girls dressed in nothing but shades and lab coats, some of them partially open, bare legs on display, as well as the siren-like female chorus on the soundtrack make this a scene worth remembering.

William Smith plays Agar with self-assured confidence and competence. Victoria Vetri (Julie Zorn) was 1968's Playmate of the Year, then named Angela Dorian, and is clearly capitalizing on that accolade. I remember her in only one other film, Hammer's campy caveman romp, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth.

The sultry, long and dark-haired, dark-eyed Anitra Ford (Susan Harris), possessing some really long stems and the sexiest scene in the movie, is one of the film's assets. She also appeared in The Big Bird Cage. The Bee Girl with short reddish-brown hair I recognized as Rene Bond, the queen of many underground sexploitation films of the late 60's and early 70's. The sunglasses hide her eyes but those chipmunk cheeks of hers are recognizable.

Despite its low-budget feel and slow moments inbetween deaths, it's an interesting look at the male reaction to the times.
The concept of a feminist plot to take over the world is ridiculous, but consider. The Roe v. Wade ruling came out, the move to push the ERA was in full swing, as was the feminist movement. The idea of swinging and extramarital trysts is supported here. Other chauvinistic overtones include Agar's initial brusque exchange with Julie, Dr. Herb Kline's lies to his wife of having extra work when actually he is having dinner and an affair with a co-worker, and Kline's remarks to Agar, "Domestic bliss. They gotta know where you are every second."

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Summary: a weird film
Review: This is a movie that could`ve only been made in the 70s.Its a weird movie,but has some tasteful nudity and a slow sensuous eroticism.Some attractive ladies with nice breasts in this flick.