The end of the 1970s was a bad time for disaster movies – regardless of the star power, they all simply seemed to flop. From meteors in… well Meteor (starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood) to avalanches in… Avalanche (starring Mia Farrow and Rock Husdon) or even volcanoes or epic fires in the likes of When Time Ran Out or City On Fire – if it fit the bill of a disaster movie, people did not see it. However, there are some wonderful films out there that have been forgotten – including all those mentioned above and my personal favourite, The Swarm.
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The unbelievable Olivia De Havilland |
Unfortunately, The Swarm is overlooked and not given the credit that it deserves, maybe it does not have the tightest script or most original plot but it is one of the most interesting disaster films – purely be combining the genre with the horror film. Allen uses some chilling imagery like in one sequence where a young boy watches his parents lie dying coated in thousands of bees (although things do soon take a turn for the unintentionally comic when this boy drives his parents away screaming). These extreme horror-styled visuals (probably worse for me because I hate bees) in the disaster film format makes for a tense watch.
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