Underplayed Gems

Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

Invasion of the Bee Girls poster
Directed by
Denis Sanders
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, LGBTQ-related film, sexploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 77 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A mad scientist uses a bee serum to turn women into killers who seduce and murder men. Local police try to stop the attacks before more victims die.

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What happens

Invasion of the Bee Girls (re-released in 1981 as Graveyard Tramps) is a 1973 American science-fiction thriller film directed by Denis Sanders from a screenplay written by Nicholas Meyer, and starring William Smith, Anitra Ford and Victoria Vetri. In the film, a mad scientist (Ford) uses radiation-mutated bee serum to create an army of female beauties who seduce men to death. One by one, the male victims are killed before the local police catch on to the plans of the infected females. The film was the first film venture of writer Nicholas Meyer, as well as the last feature film directed by Sanders before his death in 1987. The script was altered while Meyer was visiting his parents. When he saw the new script, he wanted to take his name off the project, but was convinced by his manager that he needed a credit. Invasion of the Bee Girls was released by Centaur Releasing on June 1, 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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