The Swarm

The Swarm was one of Irwin Allen's later disaster films where he was forever trying to top what he did in The Towering Inferno. In fact he creates something of an inferno in this film.African killer bees have arrived in... Full review

Killer bees attack residents in a small town preparing for a flower festival. Fred MacMurray BEGS Olivia de Havilland to marry him and she looks to the heavens with an empathic, "Oh, how lucky I am!" (they both perish.) When... Full review

A swarm of African killer bees attacks an Air Force base in Texas, then the small town of Marysville and later Houston. A team of scientists, leaded by the arrogant Dr. Bradford Crane (Michael Caine), tries to find an antidote... Full review

THE SWARM Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Panavision)Sound format: 4-track magnetic stereoA swarm of African killer bees rampage across America's south-west before descending on Houston, destroying everything in their path.Contrary to popular opinion, THE SWARM is not the worst movie ever made,... Full review

Yeah fair enough , this is reckoned to be the worst disaster movie ever . Agreed there`s some really terrible acting involved with Michael Caine either OTT or totally wooden from scene to scene with the kid playing Paul giving... Full review

Like many films in the "killer animal" subgenre, THE SWARM ignores many of the plain facts about its alleged subjects. For example, Africanized "killer" bees are no more venomous than ordinary (European) bees: they are more easily stirred up, remain... Full review

Highly enjoyable (and very expensive) flop from Irwin Allen, the Master of Disaster. Michael Caine, with help from a bunch of other famous actors, fight against a huge swarm of African killer bees and almost destroy the entire city of... Full review

All the people that knock this film forget the obvious - it wasn't meant to be seen on tv. I saw this film - repeatedly - on the big screen and at the drive-in. Of course it's silly; of course... Full review

"The Swarm" has its share of flaws, no doubt about that: it's overlong, it's filled with genre cliches (many veterans cast in pointless supporting roles, indifferent romances) and it's occasionally overacted, especially by Michael Caine, who has a role far... Full review

Irwin Allen's first two disaster movies, "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" worked as above average productions because there always seemed to be one foot in the ground of pseudo-reality that made you feel compelled by what you saw.... Full review

Ultimately, The Swarm has held up fairly well over the years. The Swarm is a disaster of a disaster film. The Swarm doesn't bother with much plot. The Swarm is the last one that excited me, at least before I saw it theatrically. ... Full Review

The Swarm (1978) ranks as one of the films that began to signal the death of the disaster movie. The Swarm is 'large spectacle disaster' meets 'nature-gone-amok. Probably the best part was Ben Johnson's on set soundbite. ... Full Review

The Swarm is a disaster of a disaster film. The Swarm is the last one that excited me, at least before I saw it theatrically. The Swarm doesnt bother with much plot. The Swarm offers a film of stunning incompetence. ... Full Review

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