Wasp Woman (1959)

Cosmetic magnate Janice Starlin feels that she is beginning to look her age, so when Professor Zinthrop announces that he believes he can reverse the ageing process by utilising the royal jelly of a queen wasp, she eagerly puts herself forward as the first to test the theory. Her over dosage, however, turns her into a killer wasp, devouring her prey.


Roger Corman is one of those film directors synonymous with trash, so we know we're in safe hands with Wasp Woman.


The Film's description says it all really. Those two sentences at the top pretty much detail everything that happens in the film. 
There aren't many outrageously awful moments unfortunately, however we did still manage quite a few laughs a la MST3K. The makeup effects aren't terrible considering the year the film was made, and the lady of the title was, at times, quite creepy.
The film suffers (like many others of its kind) with leaving the reveal of said woman to the very end. And just when she has arrived and has begun to spread here insect carnage, the film just gives up and ends!


As stated there aren't many awful moments, but on two occasions we couldn't quite believe what we were seeing. The professor shows off his age reversal experiments by injecting a guinea pig. In the next shot it has become a (slightly smaller) rat! No one seems to notice, however, and the professor's reputation stays intact. The same professor returns to his lab one morning and discovers that one of his tiny cages he uses to keep a cat in is open and empty. He stares at the cage for a moment, and then reaches into the empty space, you know, just to make sure!


There will always be a special place in our hearts for Wasp Woman, for it is the creature's eyes that inspired our name many years ago. But unfortunately it just doesn't live up to some of the other trash that we subject ourselves to. We still have faith in Mr Corman however, and are sure he will make another appearance at some point.


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