Have you even thought about killer bees lately? What if they overrun your home, as in Rockne S. O'Bannon's 1995 TV movie Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare? Think about it, won't you? Well, it's a competently made, sometimes pleasantly cheesy, movie.
There are two moments that stick out for me. One is a teenage couple going joyriding in the desert in a convertible with the top down. The girl sits on the headrest of her seat and takes her top off for a passing trucker who nearly drives off the road. Then the couple find a spot by an old billboard where a hive of killer bees are hidden. Of course, the bees morally punish our teens for their immodesty. Puritanism lives on in the bees!
The other part I liked was when the bees attack an outdoor wedding. The bride spots a kid curled up in a foetal position so she drops her veil to use it like a beekeeper's hood and goes out to save him. Now that's some clever thinking.
The movie stars Robert Hays as the patriarch trying to keep his family safe. You might remember him from Airplane!. It's a bit odd having the star of a panic movie parody starring in a sincere panic movie. Among reasons it was difficult to take the movie seriously it ranks a little low, though. Still, it was fun.
X Sonnet #1901
Comedic dishes sink to murder bowls.
A time of hills was passed to mountain shade.
Inverted ears resemble rabbit holes.
So hither came the nymphs to cupid's glade.
Relentless eyes demand a death a day.
The killing time was based in broken clocks.
Conniving winter rigged a ghost of May.
A Christmas gift was bound in metal socks.
In water times, the sand was never shown.
Convincing coral not to blanch was wrong.
The gauge of flesh was dark beside the bone.
Confusing bees would sing a troubled song.
Returning films were laden full of gold.
The metal demon's never getting old.
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