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The Swarm

Monsters by the millions - and they're all for real!

5.0(210)19781h 56m4

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. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

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Status
Released
Budget
$21M
Box office
$7.7M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • insect
  • panic
  • texas
  • animal attack
  • train crash
  • survival
  • disaster
  • bee
  • survival horror
  • military
  • disaster movie

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Irwin Allen

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG14 Jul 1978
    • PhysicalPGLaserdisc23 Dec 1992
    • PhysicalPGDVD6 Aug 2002
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1226 Jun 1978
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical13 Sept 1978
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1614 Sept 1978
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical5 Aug 1978
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical126 Sept 1978
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical14 Dec 1978

Frequently asked questions

The Swarm was released on 26 June 1978.

Audience reviews

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    Ragnar_Danneskjöld

    2/10/2021

    Before we had Murder Hornets...We had THE SWARM!!!! In the 70s, this was one of the media's tools to terrify the populace. Unbelievably as it may seem, when released this movie scared the pants off of America in the same way that Jaws did when it made it to the theaters. The Killer Bee swarms in South America, created in cross-breeding African and Western Honeybees, of course had to share the stage with the other …

  • S

    Sierbahnn

    8/10/2026

    6/10

    There were a slew of disaster movies in the 70s and this one is right on par with the best of them. It has a fantastic cast and a weird and fantastical premise that is close enough to the real world to be actually terrifying. The solutions to the problems are tested one at a time and result in many deaths, most of them being highly respected actors, not just CGI extras in the background, but named characters who we h…

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