Airola's Movie Junkyard Part 2 - The Swarm

[whatuswattingat]

One of the dumbest, ignorant and just plain horrible films on earth. AND I LOVE IT TO DEATH!!! LOL! LOL! LOL!

[mentallogic]

lol, 7:08 ... 'morning, i'm here to fix the fridge'

[whatuswattingat]

Was watching this the other night. Can't believe how incredibly funny AND bad this film was!

[bordaz1]

this really is the perfect movie:

bees

michael caine

explosions

bees

[MR1227]

Uh...you got that just a tad wrong...It's more like this:

Bees

michael caine

computers with randomly flashing lights (an Irwin Allen trademark)

explosions

slow motion deaths

more explosions

Bees

[Bowlsey25]

I remembered watching this film as a kid and I thought it was fantastic, what with all the explosions, deaths and flamethrowers. I got it on DVD a few years back and haven't laughed at anything quite as much for a long time. Besides the fantastically cheesy script, the death toll in this film surely rivals the death toll of WW1! As though the bees weren't killing enough people and derailing enough trains, Irwin Allen throws in a nuclear explosion! Absolute genius! The Swarm, so bad it's good!

[UFOSPACE1999]

I am so glad John Williams said NO! IRWIN, NO!! This was the suprise comedy hit of 1978??? This was 100% Irwin Allen's flop. IT seemed to me that every 5 minutes there was either a helicopter landing or taking off!!! IF Irwin had just cut those scenes, he would of wack'd off 30 minutes of this mess. AND at the movie movies, u know what was playing? YES!!! The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure!!! WOW that Irwin

[Airola]

A horrible, terrible mess! In other words, it's one hell of a cool movie :D

Yeah, it was way too long. Huge amount of totally unnecessary scenes. Shameless exploitation :D

[IntellectualJunior]

Guess who's coming to dinner ? A BIG FUCKIN BEE !! Don't take honey with that toast son! LOL, because there's a big ass bee on the doorway!

[MR1227]

Irwin Allen made "The Swarm" because he personally had a phobia about bees. So it was something near and dear to him (apparently).

BTW, the name of Lee Grant's TV News reporter is Ann MacGregor. That is exactly the same name of the character that Lee Meriwether played in Irwin Allen's "Time Tunnel" series. A little 'in joke' on Irwin's part.

[Airola]

Thanks a lot for the info!

[knjazvovk]

The giant bees are actually pretty creepy

[TheForgottenFlesh]

I second that.

[pacmansays]

You missed my two favourite lines:

"Houston is on fire. Will history blame me or the bees?"

and..

"Man has been fighting a losing war against bees for the past fifty years, I never thought I'd see the final battle in my lifetime."

The film also refers to them as the Africans a lot

"The Africans are killing us." "We must destroy the Africans."

[Airola]

Fantastic quotes :D

Yeah, I made it in a bit of hurry so I missed a lot of good stuff.

[whatuswattingat]

@pacmansays No, my FAVORITE LINE? It's from the infamous train scene!

The 2 drivers are going on the tracks, when a bee flies into the compartment.

"Ned, there's a bee in here."

"A bee? Don't take any chances."

"Maybe he wants the apple."

"Then give it to him"

Bee lands on the driver's hand. He freaks out a bit.

"God damn, what do I do now?"

"Don't move. DON'T GET HIM MAD."

The rest is history.

[ImitationNeo]

Michael Caine yells a lot in this movie. I understand his passion for getting rid of the bees before they destroy everything, but seriously. He's like a two year old throwing a tantrum sometimes. And that's why this movie is filled with win: great actors doing shoddy acting.

[Airola]

Well said and 100% true :)

[Kurtallica]

giant bees, are you fuckin me?

[WhoreScout]

This is so great. Lol.