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Wasp Woman
They sell to us as new and modern theories. Responsible
entrepreneurship, investment in research to overcome the crisis. Old
stuff. Even late fifties, as shown by this blatant example of 1960,
directed by Roger Corman.
The heroine of this story is Janice Starlin, CEO of "Janice Starlin
Enterprises" a cosmetics company entered into crisis because now seen
as antiquated.
Diagrams and meetings are useless, it serves more the illuminating
discovery of a scientist / beekeeper (?) Named Eric Zinthrop able to
extract directly from the Royal Jelly special enzymes that rejuvenate.
After animal experimentation, Janice propose herself as volunteered for
a test on the human race. Works fine. But in an attempt to speed up the
effects with an injecting of extra dose of Zinthrop’s serum,
Janice became a Wasp-women.
In the meanwhile Zinthrop discover hyper-aggressivity of a cat, fighting with it in a very funny scene.
Unfortunatley, Zinthrop rolled under a car and then into a coma,
falling to warn Janice. She now is a killer bee with a human dimension
and vampire’s attitudes. Yes vampire, because she haven’t
sting and bite their victims on the neck. She didn’t live long
anyway, just two or three victims and the final fatal scuffle.
"Wasp Woman" is in some ways the female version of the sci-fi
masterpiece "The Fly" 1958’s movie starring Vincent Price, with
the eighties remake of Cronenberg.
This is a great “b-movie”, really fun but incredibly short
that shows the supreme art of the great King of B Movies. Completed in
1959 with a budget of about fifty thousand dollars, and released in
1960 before ending a few years later , on television with and extended
version with extra scene added by the co-director Jack Hill.
The soundtrack is also wonderful, made by brass wind instruments, can create suspense and the right fear.
To a trained ear, can not escape that these music is the soundtrack of another Corman film, "The Little Shops of Horror”.
The saga of rudimentary special effects and scenes tasty is rather
long. Corman is so fancy and imagination are everywhere. Zinthrop
fighting a cat is something wonderful. Also excellent the realization
of the "Wasp Woman" dressed in black mask and costume, taken mostly in
shadow and only in the face.
It is not fun or magnificent the life of Susan Cabot (Janice), here in his last film. A
A career a little complex 'capricious, with canceled and signed
contracts between a personal life that has seen several marriages have
sunk. A love story with King Hussein of Jordan ended when he has
discovered that Susan was Jewish. In 1986 his only son who suffered
from mental disorders has murdered her.
The rest of the cast may include a pair of actors who later participated in many dramas and Americans telefilms.
Returning to film the lesson to learn is great. Manager searches that
test their holdings. If work is good for everyone. If it don’t
work...we lost a manager. A winning choice. Anyway.