New York Honey is set in a New York high rise were Jay Blake (Lewis J. Stadlen) is being drove crazy by the blaring classical music from the apartment above, his wife Emerald (Elaine Bromka) convinces him to go try and put a stop to it, while there he meets Dr. Homer Jimmerman (MacIntyre Dixon) a strange man who has exotic plants and bees which make a special kind of honey, Jimmerman gives Jay some and he is instantly addicted, Jay being the greedy smut he is blackmails him into giving him some of the honey to sell and some more to keep for himself. All goes as planned til a beautiful woman Desiree (Andrea Thompson) shows up one day and takes a liking to Jay, and tries to seduce him, however, Jay soon discovers she holds a dark secret!
I actually remembered this one a bit from reruns that the Chiller network would do back in the day, however it had been a long time since my last viewing of it. While I can tell other reviewers on here have put it down mostly because of the acting and I gotta say it is pretty bad, the whole thing is played for laughs and most of the cast at times seem to be ad libbing what is ever on there mind it also doesn't help that the dialogue isn't that great either. I mean I understand its not to be taken seriously and played for laughs, but, when the acting itself isn't very good its just bad. This continues on for the bulk of the episode and once you begin to wonder whats the silly payoff going to be here, it comes out of left field and hits you with one of the most bonkers twist endings around! The creature itself is a giant bee, with some makeup used in cutaways and maybe some cheap stop motion thrown in as well, while it may look terrible by today's standards its just so out of left field that its just awesome. As for the cast, the only person from the four person crew that I really recognize is a young Andrea Thompson who is very beautiful here, she is primarily known for her stint in "NYPD Blue". As for settings we get only two apartment rooms, and while both seem to serve there purpose there very limited. All in all, "New York Honey" is a very middle of the road episode which contains some rather bad silly comedic acting, However, its saved by its crazy twist, which I must say is worth sitting throw the 20 minute episode to see.
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