The Swarm

About The Swarm

Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason.

Irwin Allen's The Swarm is a 1978 horror science fiction film. It runs 116 minutes and was released in June 1978.

Michael Caine takes the lead as Brad Crane, Katharine Ross as Helena, Richard Widmark as General Slater, and Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Hubbard. Written by Stirling Silliphant. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under texas, awestruck, military, and survival horror. In the United States it streams on TCM.

The Thing and Underwater make useful companions to The Swarm, all filed under body horror and survival. It scores 5.0 out of 10 from 209 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.