A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
Acting
Gloria Swanson's final film role: full diva commitment to bee witchcraft.
Production
Actual bees on set. Someone got PAID to wrangle that chaos.
Writing
The bee-mind-control logic is deliciously nonsensical.
Director
Curtis Harrington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Gloria Swanson's final film. She went from 'Sunset Boulevard' to bee queen in 24 years.
Released during 1970s 'killer bee' panic — Africanized bees were actual news, making this camp feel almost topical.
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