Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

writtenbymkm-583-902097 I'm writing this in 2018. I'm a Roger Corman fan but somehow I missed this one. Turner Classics showed it today and I started watching it but missed the opening credits. Partway into the movie I recognized some of the music, it reminded me of the jazz score in Corman's Little Shop of Horrors, and as various things happened in Wasp Woman I started to think that this just had to be a Roger Corman movie. I was too hooked to check then, but after the movie ended I looked it up and, sure enough, Roger Corman directed. I really liked this movie. The acting was very good and convincing, the story was interesting, the suspense mounted, and there just the right amount of humor (another Roger Corman specialty). Sure, the wasp monster was a little hokey, but even that was well done. I felt sorry for the woman trying to save her youth, and her company, the eccentric scientist was perfect, and I enjoyed the two romantic leads, especially Barboura Morris. A very entertaining movie.

hrkepler 'The Wasp Woman' is another Roger Corman's talky monster movie on low budget and with lousy special effects and lots of (pseudo)scientific talk, but with some good ideas and meaning. The film stars Susan Cabot (in her last film role) as Janice Starlin, a founder and a head of cosmetics company, in search of eternal youth. When a mad scientist Dr. Zinthrop (Michael Mark) contacts with Starlin to introduce her his new scientific breakthrough - a miracle cure against aging. The research reaches to the point where Starlin herself become human guinea pig and tries the new medicine. Results are amazing - Janice Starling starts to look younger. But search for eternal youth always end up with devilish results with Janice turning into bloodsucking wasp (from human guinea pig).The film, although quite fun for all the obvious reasons, is pretty terrible besides acting. The writing is tedious and first part of the film is quite boring actually. Susan Cabot seems too classy and too good of an actress to run around in ludicrous wasp costume that bears no similarities with wasps. Not even with the one portrayed on the poster.

Leofwine_draca An entertaining, if not exactly good, quickie from exploitation king Roger Corman at the tail-end of the 1950s, and one which has a nice concept behind it: an anti-ageing serum made from wasp jelly has the unfortunate side-effect of turning its user into a hideous monster periodically. Like a lot of Corman's early efforts, the director cuts corners by using only a couple of sets and redressing them and padding out the fairly minimal action with lots of talk and dialogue. Despite the padding, the movie is well-paced and offers up what fans want on a poverty-row budget: screaming heroines, a (briefly) rampaging monster, and a heroic leading character.The set-up of the story is quite interesting and features a nice supporting turn from Michael Mark as the eccentric scientist, Eric Zinthrop (gotta love those weird-sounding names in Corman's films). Susan Cabot handles the leading role of the inherently good woman turned bad through the side-effects of the wrinkle cream she uses and gives a commanding turn; in fact most of the cast are pretty good, as per usual for Corman, and put in solid if not remarkable performances. The only exception being the laughable comic-relief janitor and Barboura Morris' irritating secretary-in-distress. Here, the leading man is played by later exploitation stalwart Anthony Eisley, looking very young and fresh-faced compared to ten years later on in his career.The creature of the title is barely seen and perhaps this is thankful, because Corman's budget obviously didn't stretch to much in the way of make-up effects - the creation is simply a woman with a joke-shop fright mask on! Still, it's pretty funny. Although the themes, fashions, and characters have dated like in pretty much every '50s contemporary-set movie, THE WASP WOMAN is lively and entertaining fare which overcomes its budget limitations and is pretty good, if you view it kindly as I did. A cheesy remake with one-time screen queen Bobbie Bresee in the leading role was made in 1987, called METAMORPHOSIS for its video release in the UK.

utgard14 Kooky Dr. Zinthrop (Michael Mark) has created a formula that will reverse the effects of aging using wasp enzymes. Middle-aged cosmetics company owner Janice Starling (Susan Cabot) is anxious to try it and insists on being Zinthrop's first human test subject. Well, it works fine and Janice looks younger but then there's that pesky side effect of turning her into a blood-sucking wasp woman! One of the better low-budget horror flicks Roger Corman made during the era before he struck pay dirt with his Poe movies at AIP. Yes, it's cheesy and campy. Yes, the wasp woman costume is a joke. But it's also a very fun movie. Susan Cabot, in her final and most memorable film role, is excellent. Michael Mark plays the "not quite mad" scientist very well. Anthony (Fred) Eisley and pretty Barboura Morris make rather unlikable protagonists. Particularly Eisley. There are also a couple of cuties playing secretaries who have a funny scene that has nothing to do with the rest of the movie.