I love Roger Corman movies. That may account for my appreciation of this 1960 "classic".
Susan Cabot plays Janice Starlin, the CEO and Founder of "Janice Starlin Enterprises", a cosmetic company. She is getting older and when slightly daffy Dr. Eric Zinthrop (played by Michael Mark) shows up at her office touting a serum he has created using the royal jelly of wasps to turn back the effects of aging, she jumps at the chance to be a human guinea pig to test the formula on humans.
Of course we know whats going to happen here...mad scientist, wasps...we know it ain't going to be pretty. Needless to say, after a series of injections of the serum Ms. Starlin turns into a woman with the head and hands of a wasp. The wasp makeup is hilarious. I love every minute of this movie, from the bad makeup to the horrible jazz type music that is continually playing in the background. Everything about it screams CHEEZEFEST, and it's terrific.
In a sad (and kind of eerie) side note to this film, Susan Cabot was murdered in the 1980's by her own son. She wasn't a bad actress, just usually given bad scripts. If you like Roger Corman movies you will definitely like this movie.
Susan Cabot plays Janice Starlin, the CEO and Founder of "Janice Starlin Enterprises", a cosmetic company. She is getting older and when slightly daffy Dr. Eric Zinthrop (played by Michael Mark) shows up at her office touting a serum he has created using the royal jelly of wasps to turn back the effects of aging, she jumps at the chance to be a human guinea pig to test the formula on humans.
Of course we know whats going to happen here...mad scientist, wasps...we know it ain't going to be pretty. Needless to say, after a series of injections of the serum Ms. Starlin turns into a woman with the head and hands of a wasp. The wasp makeup is hilarious. I love every minute of this movie, from the bad makeup to the horrible jazz type music that is continually playing in the background. Everything about it screams CHEEZEFEST, and it's terrific.
In a sad (and kind of eerie) side note to this film, Susan Cabot was murdered in the 1980's by her own son. She wasn't a bad actress, just usually given bad scripts. If you like Roger Corman movies you will definitely like this movie.