The Deadly Bees (1966) – SSP161


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May 21 2024 72 mins  
The Deadly Bees 1967

Buzz into Terror with “The Deadly Bees” on the Scary Spirits Podcast!

Are you afraid of bees? This week on the Scary Spirits Podcast, host Karen conquers her entomophobia by diving into the campy thrills of the 1966 horror film, “The Deadly Bees.” Join Karen and Greg as they dissect this bee-themed horror movie, all while sipping on a specially concocted “Killer Bee” cocktail (recipe included!).

Looking for a campy horror fix? Learn if “The Deadly Bees” buzzes with entertainment or stings with disappointment. Tune in for scares, laughs, and maybe even a new favorite cocktail!

Killer Bee Recipe

• 1 1/2 oz honey
• 2 oz mezcal
• 1 1/2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions:

  1. To make a honey syrup, in a small bowl or jar, combine the honey with 1 1⁄2 ounces water.
  2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the mezcal, lemon juice, and 3⁄4 ounce of the honey syrup (save the remaining honey syrup for another cocktail). Fill the shaker three-quarters of the way with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds if serving on the rocks or 15 seconds if serving “up.” Strain into an ice-filled double old-fashioned glass or bucket glass, or serve up with no ice.

    Source: epicurious.com

A Brief Synopsis: Horror about an exhausted pop star who goes to an island to take a break from her hectic schedule but soon finds herself in the middle of a vicious swarm of killer bees.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

  • Comparisons are made to the Alfred Hitchcock film, “The Birds”.
  • Do you know what an English larder is?
  • Karen tells us all about the invention of the electric toothbrush.
  • We learn all about killer bees.
  • Death’s-head hawkmoths can indeed raid a beehive and take the honey.
  • Dr. Karen teaches us about “death by misadventure”.
  • We learn about the “smell of fear”.

Our rating of the film:

4 Cocktails Rating

This movie was so bad that it took us 4 cocktails to get through it.

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