Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Anthony Eisley
The founder and owner of a cosmetic factory, Janice Starlin (Susan Cabot), is concerned with the dropping sale results of her company. The scientist Eric Zinthrop (Michael Mark) offers to her his rese...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
Stats: 96 reviews
A female cosmetics mogul injects herself with wasp jelly in an attempt to stay eternally young, with predictable results. It's a parable about... aw, who am I kidding, it's another talky Roger Corman cheapie with a few seconds of Susan Cabot wearing pipe-cleaner antennae.
Absurd, cheesy, terrible, and everything else you'd expect of a movie called 'The Wasp Woman'. If you like drive-in camp, go for it!
Roger Corman subjects us to the horrors of the cosmetic industry, and the dangers of searching for eternal youth. On one hand a tale of growing old gracefully, on the other the tale of a woman who turns into a wasp. Also raises questions on marketing and beauty. Fantastically lay...( read more)
Silly premise, executed poorly do to extremely sloppy edits. Oh, and, boring as an old carrot. Oh yes, Corman is a great director! (insert eyeroll here)
Pretty funny in that old Charmed type of way, very little in terms of monsters and the first hour is just this lady that's trying to save her company and finds this formula from a scientist with disastrous consequences. I was happy with the ending, but the first hour could defini...( read more)
Okay, laughable costumes, but kind of a fun tale of a pursuit for beauty and finance with some coincidence thrown in.
Classic RCorman, typical bad B flick (& Im a BIG RCorman fan, really lol). U gotta be in the mood or its sooooooo tedious. Funny in that bad B flick way lol.
I'm sorry, but I just can't sit through old B-movies without a healthly dose of Thorazine. MST3K-able and that's it.
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