Graveyard Tramps

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

In this "guilty pleasure" outing by B-budget director Denis Sanders (Shock Treatment), William Smith plays an FBI man investigating reports of a coven of "bee-girls" -- women who have taken on the characteristics of bees, and who kill men upon making love. A cute device throughout the film allows us to see the action from a bee's-eye view. The script, by no less than Nicholas Meyer, pokes gentle fun at the conventions of the cheapo-horror genre without ever stooping to cheap parody. Invasion of the Bee Girls was also released as Graveyard Tramps. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Pan and Scan
• Features:
  • • Feature program
    • Interactive menus
    • Scene access

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Denis Sanders

• Producer:

  Fred Weintraub

• Screenwriter:

  Nicholas Meyer

• Cinematographer:

  Gary Graver

• Composer (Music Score):

  Charles Bernstein

• Editor:

  B. Travis

REVIEW:

• Supposedly sexy sci-fi for the discriminating cinemaphile, Invasion of the Bee Girls has been credited with a knowing satirical bent solely because of the relatively distinguished minds behind its creation. Don't be fooled by the hype. This low-brow psychotronic classic is no smarter or dumber than a host of equally exploitative bottom dwellers. It is, however, an entertaining piece of trash that scores high with a good, solid cast, a creative concept and straightforward delivery of some utterly silly action. William Smith is at his square-jawed best as the two-fisted hero, Anitra Ford is all smarm and ice as the villainous queen bee and familiar character actor Cliff Osmond delivers a surprisingly subtle performance as the overworked local sheriff. Slumming in the sexploitation cesspool are screenwriter Nicholas Meyer (Time After Time, Fatal Attraction and a few Star Trek movies) and director Denis Saunders (respected for documentaries A Time Out of War, Soul to Soul and Czechoslovakia 1968); perfectly comfortable in the sleazy milieu is cinematographer Gary Graver, who shot footage for directors as diverse as Al Adamson and Orson Welles. While celebrity critics Siskel and Ebert were right to recommend Invasion of the Bee Girls as a "guilty pleasure," its cinematic worth isn't much higher than many films the duo dismissed outright. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi