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As you comb through this honey of a film, the plot thickens. The environmentalists, military, medical community, scientists, and your average citizen, buzzed around this set frantically, trying to get a handle on these wacko bees. This was really a fun and funny flick. It is worth watching, just to see this fabulous cast in action. Richard Chamberlain, my favorite actor, was quite wonderful as Dr. Hubbard, an environmentalist called in to outsmart the bees. He was a far better actor than the script would allow. He took a cynical approach to the power of these bees, and in the end, he dies writhing and screaming, as the bees swarm his body, and sting him to death. Richard Chamberlain gave his reason for performing in this movie as mostly mercenary. The actor was paid $300,000.00 for a few weeks work, and it enabled him to buy a home he had been eyeing in Hawaii. It sounds like a honey of a deal to me, and it allowed him to bee where he wanted to bee. These bees were the real deal, kept in refrigerated railway cars, cold enough to make them drowsy and slow. Women with small hands squeezed each individual bee belly, snipped off the stinger, enabling the swarms to attack the actors, without really doing them harm. Still, the sensation of having these insects crawling over one's face, down one's neck, and into one's clothing, is enough to give the most courageous actor...hives! So, here is the buzz on this sweet film. It is a real honey, if you take the time to comb through it, and are willing to accept what will bee. by Judy Crocker
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THE SWARM is an interesting thriller, about hordes of killer bees, invading the United States from South America. It also boasts a swarm of big name killer actors: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Fred McMurray, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke Astin, and Lee Grant. You'll have to make up your own