A sequel to the earlier killer bee TV feature, 'The Savage Bees', this story sees what happens as the deadly South American strain from that movie continues to do more damage. Bee experts David Martin (Efrem Zimbalist Jr., '77 Sunset Strip') and Jeannie Devereux (the beautiful Tovah Feldshuh, 'Law & Order') realize that their work is not done, and set out to curtail any potential bee rampages - with the initially reluctant help of Jeannies' boyfriend Nick Willis (Dan 'Grizzly Adams' Haggerty).

While understandably a rather mild affair, with less than stellar thrills, this proved to be fairly watchable regardless, with the cast treating their material with the gravest of faces. The bee sequences are competently handled, in any event; Norman Gary, who was the bee wrangler, also plays the small role of ill-fated Finley Dermott. (He'd performed the same duties on 'The Savage Bees'.) Familiar faces in the supporting cast include Ike Eisenmann of the "Witch Mountain" movies as a Boy Scout, Richard Herd ("Get Out") as his father, Charles Hallahan ("The Thing") as a helpful local, Joe E. Tata ('Beverly Hills, 90210') and Philip Baker Hall ("Boogie Nights") as concerned bureaucrats, Lonny Chapman ("The Birds") as a beekeeper, and Bruce French ("Black Eagle") & Steve Franken ("The Party") as two of Martins' workers.

Story elements include the love triangle between the three leads - which you know has to get resolved somehow - Jeannies' horrible memories of events from the previous movie, and a so-so climax involving Jeannie and various Boy Scouts trapped inside a school bus.

Journeyman director Lee H. Katzin ("Le Mans") directs capably enough, but he just doesn't create enough real excitement or terror in his presentation, despite the scores of insects used.

At the very least, I was able to take this a little more seriously than the theatrical all-star stinker, "The Swarm".

Six out of 10.

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This is a sequel of THE SAVAGE BEES, where just a remnant character is back, the Bee expert Jeannie Deveraux (replaced by Tovah Feldshuh), The Prof. David Martin (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is in charge of National Bee Center at New Orleans, they developed a new strain of savage bees completely harmless type, however something going wrong becoming a menacing on several places, whereof the previously sent by mail in three spots, thus lead by Prof. David Jeannie and his boyfriend Nick Willis (Dan Haggerty) got stop these shipments before it get out of control, they hold two of them, although one at New Mexico spreading all around.

Overall in the same patten of its forerunner, a bit contrived bees sequences as the first one as well, worthwhile points out among the supporting casting as the young Ike Eisenmann, an old acquaintance of us Lonny Chapman and Charles Hallahan and also an upcoming star Philip Baker Hall in small role, not so bad at all.

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First watch: 1984 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.

The Savage Bees was a big deal. I mean, Jeannie Devereaux (Gretchen Corbett) trapped in a VW Bug during Mardi Gras? Well, on December 26, 1978 CBS brought Jeannie back - now played by Tovah Feldshuh - put her in a love triangle with her boss David Martin (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and her kinda sorta boyfriend Nick Willis (Dan Haggerty), then has a bunch of bad bees get in with the good bees and before you know it, a softball game and a marching band are the targets of the swarm.

With dialogue like "Oh my God! His mouth. It's full of bees!" and appearances by Lonny Chapman (Long John the tattoo artist in The Witch Who Came from the Sea), Ike Eisenmann from the Witch Mountain movies, Joe E. Tata before he owned the Peach Pit, Richard Herd (Schizoid), Charles Hallahan (The Thing) and Steve Franken (who also battles Ants! A year before), this is also the kind of movie with a National Bee Center ready to defend our country for the threat of killer bees.

You know, I read a review of this and the kid writing about it pish poshed the notion of killer bees. Well, I was there, every night when the news told us we were all going to get stung a thousand times and die. It's easy to laugh about without living that life. I did. Bees were all we talked about. Also: quicksand.

Director Lee H. Katzin also made the bizarre and wonderful movies The Phynx and What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? He also directed Savages, World Gone Wild and the pilot of Samurai, a show that would have had Joe Penny fighting crime as a sword-wielding vigilante.

Writer Guerdon Trueblood was a great cause of the week movie guy. I mean, the same talent did The Savage Bees, Ants! And Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo. He moved on to airplane movies (SST: Death Flight, Terror Out of the Sky) and also wrote Jaws 3-D and directed The Dandy Snatchers.

This being the 70s, the whole movie is more about a woman choosing between two horrible men than it is about bees. That said, there are some moments of fun, like the end when Zimbalist wears an anti-bee suit that is soon covered by millions of black and yellow striped monsters.

The Savage Bees was a big deal. I mean, Jeannie Devereaux (Gretchen Corbett) trapped in a VW Bug during Mardi Gras? Well, on December 26, 1978 CBS brought Jeannie back - now played by Tovah Feldshuh - put her in a love triangle with her boss David Martin (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and her kinda sorta boyfriend Nick Willis (Dan Haggerty), then has a bunch of bad bees get in with the good bees and before you know it, a softball game and a marching band are the targets of the swarm.

With dialogue like "Oh my God! His mouth. It's full of bees!" and appearances by Lonny Chapman (Long John the tattoo artist in The Witch Who Came from the Sea), Ike Eisenmann from the Witch Mountain movies, Joe E. Tata before he owned the Peach Pit, Richard Herd (Schizoid), Charles Hallahan (The Thing) and Steve Franken (who also battles Ants! A year before), this is also the kind of movie with a National Bee Center ready to defend our country for the threat of killer bees.

You know, I read a review of this and the kid writing about it pish poshed the notion of killer bees. Well, I was there, every night when the news told us we were all going to get stung a thousand times and die. It's easy to laugh about without living that life. I did. Bees were all we talked about. Also: quicksand.

Director Lee H. Katzin also made the bizarre and wonderful movies The Phynx and What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? He also directed Savages, World Gone Wild and the pilot of Samurai, a show that would have had Joe Penny fighting crime as a sword-wielding vigilante.

Writer Guerdon Trueblood was a great cause of the week movie guy. I mean, the same talent did The Savage Bees, Ants! And Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo. He moved on to airplane movies (SST: Death Flight, Terror Out of the Sky) and also wrote Jaws 3-D and directed The Dandy Snatchers.

This being the 70s, the whole movie is more about a woman choosing between two horrible men than it is about bees. That said, there are some moments of fun, like the end when Zimbalist wears an anti-bee suit that is soon covered by millions of black and yellow striped monsters.