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THE DEADLY BEES (1967). A burned out singer goes to an island for some R'n'R (staying with a combative couple-how could You relax with that) and some mysterious incidents involving Bee attacks begin. Being that there are two non-friendly Bee keepers on the island, it's just gotta be one of them..maybe?
TDB spooked Me as a little one (no doubt, owing to Bee stings I got) and bored Me as a Teen. Still not great, but not as bad as I remembered (and honestly, Amicus did anthology films better, anyway) with decent turns by Suzanna Leigh, Katy Wild (the Mute Girl from EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN-kind of cute here!) and Michael Ripper (whose real life wife at the time ends up in peril here). Noticed as older a plot device from THE DEVIL BAT and the band on TV in the beginning, known as The Birds, reminded Me a lot of The Yardbirds, especially the guitar player on the right. Turns out the guitar is Ronnie Wood who went on to play in The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and for the last 40 plus years, The Rolling Stones. ***
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