{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"THE DEADLY BEES (1966) \u2013 Episode 139 \u2013 Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era","description":"\u201cThe dog\u2019s meat! Have you seen it?\u201d Isn\u2019t it in the dog? Join this episode\u2019s Grue-Crew \u2013 Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr \u2013 as they travel to a seemingly harmless bee farm for a bit of R & R in The Deadly Bees (1966). Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 139 \u2013 The Deadly Bees (1966) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https:\/\/youtube.com\/gruesomemagazine ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https:\/\/classicscifichannel.com\/; https:\/\/classichorrorchannel.com\/; https:\/\/wickedhorrortv.com\/ Trouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm\u2019s owner grows deadly bees.   Director: Freddie Francis Writers: Robert Bloch (screenplay); Anthony Marriott (screenplay by); Gerald Heard (novel A Taste for Honey, 1941) Selected Cast: Suzanna Leigh as Vicki Robbins Frank Finlay as H.W. Manfred Guy Doleman as Ralph Hargrove Catherine Finn as Mary Hargrove John Harvey as Thompson Michael Ripper as David Hawkins Anthony Bailey as Compere Tim Barrett as Harcourt James Cossins as Coroner Frank Forsyth as Doctor Katy Wild as Doris Hawkins Greta Farrer as Sister Gina Gianelli as Secretary Michael Gwynn as Dr. George Lang Maurice Good as Agent The Deadly Bees, an Amicus Production directed by Freddie Francis, is Daphne\u2019s pick. She used to watch \u201ccreatures run amok\u201d films on Saturday afternoons with her mom and this film seemed to fit that profile. It looked absolutely cuckoo to her and it did turn out to be fun to watch. Whitney has a thing about bees, making The Deadly Bees cringeworthy for her.  Though it\u2019s a little bit out there, the Freddie Francis direction and the drama between characters with the requisite backstabbing definitely make the film entertaining. Chad also finds The Deadly Bees to be entertaining. Even though he sees through the mystery toot de suite, he likes the writing and how the story plays out. The scene with what Jeff calls a \u201cbee-nado\u201d captures his attention. He agrees with Chad that the plot-supplied red herring doesn\u2019t pass the smell test. He would love to see a production of The Deadly Bees with Robert Bloch\u2019s script starring Peter Cushing and Boris Karloff as originally intended. And, oh yeah. Suzanna Leigh. New movie crush. A television adaptation of H. F. \u201cGerald\u201d Heard\u2019s mystery novel, A Taste for Honey (1941), aired as an episode of The Elgin Hour on February 22, 1955, under the title \u201cSting of Death.\u201d Boris Karloff stars as Mycroft, the episode\u2019s protagonist. A Taste for Honey was the first of three mysteries by Heard featuring Mr. Mycroft, the implication being he is the retired Sherlock Holmes. The Deadly Bees abandoned that idea. What if Boris Karloff played Sherlock Holmes? You can view the episode here: The Elgin Hour, \u201cSting of Death,\u201d w\/ Boris Karloff The Deadly Bees is available to stream from Classic Horror Movie Channel, PLEX, Flix Fling subscription, and several PPV services; and as a Blu-ray disc from Olive. Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Whitney, will be The Aztec Mummy (1957). Yeah, they switched mummies in the middle of the tomb, but that\u2019s the \u201cvery flexible\u201d part of their schedule.  Please let them know how they\u2019re doing! They want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. To each of you from each of them, \u201cThank you so much for listening!\u201d ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"