SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

buckikris Janice Starling Industries is a cosmetics company formed by Janice Starling( Susan Cabot), in her early twenties. Now in her forties she has noticed her company sales have fallen. In the board meeting she explains that sales have fallen 14.5 % since the last fiscal quarter. A couple of board members Arthur Cooper( William Roerick) & Bill Lane ( Anthony Eisley) tell her that the company needs something new. A new spokeswoman perhaps, because users have lost faith in her brand. Starling Cosmetics represent youthfulness, but when buyer she Janice now her appearance is no longer youthful. According to Lane and Cooper the buyer feels like they have been cheated. When Janice hears this she realizes she needs to do something, before her company loses anymore money. One of Janice's secretaries, Mary( Barbara Morris) informs her a Dr. Zinthrop( Michael Roerick) is there to see her. Before Zinthrop's appointment she needs to talk with Arthur.She calls Arthur in to ask him about Wasp Jelly. She wants his opinion on the enzymes extracted from the wasp; and what they might do to preserve beauty. She is looking for that wonder product of youth, a so called miracle beauty cream. She brings in Mr. Zinthrop, where he shows her a formula that makes animals young again. When she sees this she can't believe it. Janice insists that she become his first human test subject. Zinthrop is nothing more than a con-artist and mad scientist. She is excited he he agrees and works out a contract with him. When Bill Lane comes in he talks to Mary, one of her secretaries. He wants Mary to spy on her; because he believes Zinthrop is dangerous.The next morning Janice comes in and finds Zinthrop working in the lab. He has decided it's time to give her her first injection. He injects her with the wasp enzyme, and this is the first in a series of injections. Mary is snooping around her desk and notices something. It is a check from Starling Industries to Zinthrop for wasp enzymes. While Mary is doing her P.I. work, Janice is undergoing her treatments. When Zinthorp looks at her, he tells her she looks 5 years younger. In the meantime Mary meets up with Arthur and Lane for Lunch. She explains whats going on in the office, and believe Janice is being taken. The three of them believe what he is doing is dangerous; but finding a way to break the news to her will be difficult. When Janice hears the news from Zinthrop she starts to seek into to the lab and inject herself.The next morning when Janice arrives for work, her other secretary Maureen notices a massive change in her appearance. Maureen can't believe it, Janice looks 25 years younger. Janice is so enthused by this she can't wait to tell Zinthrop what his treatments have done.Zinthrop returns to his lab and notices an awful reaction from the enzymes have changed his cat into something vicious. He realizes that he needs to stop his reckless experiments. When he leaves he is accidentally struck by a car. By this time Janice has notices some strange effects, but brushes them off at first. Then Janice's finds out the Mary has been spying on her. She realizes Mary has been talking to Lane and Cooper about Zinthrop. The Janice finds out Zinthorp has been in critical condition from being hit by a car. She tell Cooper he can run the Lab while Zinthorp is recovering. That night Cooper finds Zinthorp's work, his papers, and he is fascinated. That night in the lab Cooper is attacked by Janice. She has turms into a Wasp Woman due to this treatment. It is something she cannot control, anytime she can turn into a killer wasp. She kills Cooper, the nightwatchman, and Zinthorpe's nurse. Janice is now fully transformed into a Wasp. When Lane and Mary discover Zinthorpe, he tells Lane not to let Janice take anymore injections. He discovered a bad reaction with his cat, that turned it into a vicious monster.Janice finds out that Mary and Lane are still in the building. Mary goes to look for her, unaware of her transformations. When Lane finds out Mary has gone to look for Janice alone. Lane and Zinthorpe rush up to the lab only to find out Janice is fully transformed. A fight ensues with Lane fighting Janice off and Zinthorps throwing acid on her, eventually killing her.In conclusion, it's not a bad film. It is one of those classic 50's Sy-Fy films that's kind of cheesy, but fun.

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.

Red-Barracuda For many years I had been aware of The Wasp Woman from its iconic poster, which showed a gigantic wasp with a seductive woman's head, attacking an unfortunate man. In keeping the best traditions of 50's exploitation cinema, this poster looks great while reflecting the content of the actual film in no way whatsoever! The wasp woman of the title is, unfortunately, no more than a lady in what amounts to a Halloween mask. So from that perspective The Wasp Woman is a little disappointing. But no matter because, overall, this one actually turns out to be one of the better sci-fi horror cheapies from the late 50's. Its story has a crazed scientist developing an enzyme derived from wasps which when used on a subject, makes them look much more youthful. He sells his idea to a female cosmetics magnate who insists on testing it out on herself first. All begins well but things deteriorate and she turns into the killer creature known as the wasp woman.What this one has on its side is entertaining and fast-paced direction from Roger Corman and a very good central performance from Susan Cabot. Her character is a little more interesting and believable than you normally get in these types of pics. She is a woman who fears the ageing process and seeks eternal youth; so her concerns are quite universal and it adds a welcome human dimension to a monster movie. As I said before, the make-up really is cheap-jack and unimpressive but the overall production is put together with some care otherwise, with some interesting characters and a decent enough script. Of additional value was the soundtrack, which consisted of some really great, manic music which accompanied proceedings very well. All-in-all, this is a bit of a favourite of mine when it comes to low-budget 50's creature features. Great fun.