The Wasp Woman

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Dave S Like most bottom of the barrel monster movies from the ‘50s, Roger Corman's The Wasp Woman is ruined by murky visuals, muddy audio, cheesy special effects, inane dialogue, and a ridiculous plot. This time around, the owner of a cosmetics company tries to reverse the aging process by injecting herself with copious amounts of wasp enzymes. Before you know it, she's turned into some sort of vampire-like killing machine, replete with a silly wasp head and a bad attitude. Despite its short running time, things drag on for what feels like an eternity. The only thing that makes this worth watching is the irony of the death in the final scene. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/20/23 Full Review Monsol E A monster movie where there isn't any antagonist or real evil-doing, everything just went wrong until someone became a man-eating bug. Kinda felt bad... Was a fun watch tho. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Are you looking for something utterly ridiculous? Congratulations! You found it! "The Wasp Woman" is quite possibly one of the corniest monster movies ever made and I loved every second of it. From the dubious entomology (wasps don't make royal jelly, for a start) to the preposterous sight of Jennifer Rubin's cosmetic executive jabbing what look like half a pint of mysterious fluids into her arm in her quest for youth, not one part of this film makes coherent sense. If you're a fan of cheesy films and want something entertainingly rubbish, stick this on and have yourself a laugh. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Janice Starlin sees that the sales of her cosmetics company are slumping as her customers see that she appears to be (shock horror) getting older (!) Dr Eric Zinthrop, a scientist, finds that he has been able to extract chemicals from royal jelly that can reverse the ageing process. Starlin agrees to become a human subject regarding this but when progress is too slow for her liking she takes additional doses of the chemical. This has disastrous results as she starts to transform into a half-woman, half-wasp type hybrid. This 1959 film is a fantastic piece of Roger Corman goodness. It's also a film that I had seen the poster for many many times but had never actually seen. Until now. I'm pleased to say that it was worth the wait. Not only is it a fantastic piece of 50's horror that must have truly shocked and astounded audiences when it was released but it also has some perceptive things to say about the role of beauty, youth and cosmetics particularly regarding women who are held up to more stringent standards regarding these issues than men. The film's commentary reminded me of Georges Franju's masterpiece Les Yeux San Visage and also the episode of the TV show Tales of the Unexpected and the episode called Royal Jelly. A brilliant time capsule of 1950's drive-in Americana that tackles wider issues that are more than still relevant today. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review deke p Low budget everything. and campy 1960 music. AWFUL. BUT ROGER CORMAN! & remember, talkies were less than 4 decades old then. I wouldn't pay much to see this movie, then or now. But it seems to be a typical hard to take seriously monster costume movie of the time. & the basic plot seems interesting. BUT laughable how the boss lady could transform into a Wasp head almost instantly, , then back again. And the whole thing takes place in offices, with a quick disappointing ending. saw it on tv again 10.2021 Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie starts showing bees not wasps and it never gets any better. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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