Is The Swarm actually good?

The Swarm sits in the 4.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 4.7% of them.

How does The Swarm compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, The Swarm lands in the 4.2% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Swarm's score based on?

143 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Swarm's score.

1978

global pct

4.7

Film · 1978 · Films · 1970s

The Swarm

Name: The Swarm
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1978

Scored from 143 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

4.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

4.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

0.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

143 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A massive swarm of killer African bees invades Texas, overwhelming a military base and threatening Houston. An entomologist clashes with the general in charge as scientists scramble to find a way to stop the deadly insects before they devastate the country.

The Swarm is a 1978 horror and thriller film.

143 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 146 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 2,405 other films from the 1970s form the cohort it is ranked inside.