The bee girl and insect woman is a 1959, independently made, american blackandwhite science fiction horror film, produced and directed by roger corman, that stars susan cabot, anthony eisley, michael mark, and barboura morris. The wasp woman doesnt really break the mold, its just for a film you may have heard as being bottomofthebarrel with regards to these films, its honestly one of the better ones ive seen, expectations tempered. Today is the birthday of barboura morris 19321975, a lovely fixture of a little over a dozen roger corman features between 1957 and 1970, including one of my favorite movies bucket of blood 1959 and sorority girl 1957. A roger corman production, it stars susan cabot, anthony eisley, michael mark and barboura morris. Movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19501959 for. Notably the book the search for bridey murphy by morey bernstein was made into a film in 1956. Wasp woman is a film about janice cabot, a cosmetics magnate, and how her fear of aging eventually brought about her destruction. The wasp woman is a 1959 film about a cosmetics queen, who develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasp. It is the last to feature lead singer jim morrison during his lifetime due to his death three months after the albums release, though he would posthumously appear on the 1978 album an american prayer. It conquered the world was released theatrically by american international pictures as a double feature with the shecreature. Obviously inspired or a response to the fly a year earlier, the plot concerns an aging businesswoman wanting her youthful beauty back, so she hires a scientist of dubious repute who gives her injections of enzymes extracted from a female queen wasp, which, of course, and she becomes the bloodthirsty wasp. Woman is the sixth studio album by the american rock band the doors, released on april 19, 1971, on elektra records. The scientist eric zinthrop michael mark offers to her his research with wasp enzymes that makes animals younger, and she immediately accepts to hire him, provided she becomes his human subject. Actual poster size is 41 12 x 78 78 inches 42 34 x 80 14 inches including the linenbacking.
Year 1959 poster type us 3 sheet 41 x 81 inches style art by rolledfoldedother roll. The wasp woman 1959, which was the first release from the filmgroup, fits neatly into cormans work at this time. Whats interesting about it is how well mannered they are during the end of the world. When this film was uploaded this site, it might have left someones computer at 720p but it sure doesnt download at 720p with only 439mb, you cant have resolution. The wasp woman received mixed to negative reception from critics upon its release.
They are not listed here in order to keep this list to a manageable size. Classic 50s horror artwork and looks magnificent on the scale of the us 3 sheet. It conquered the world is an independently made 1956 american blackandwhite science fiction film, produced and directed by roger corman, starring peter graves, lee van cleef, beverly garland, and sally fraser. She was invited to return to hollywood and appeared in a few more films including the wasp woman in 1960, her final film role. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices.
The wasp woman 1959beast from haunted cave 1959 bluray directors. A cosmetics queen is transformed into a murderous monster after she uses an insect chemical to preserve her beauty. The music is especially shuddery, also used in at least attack of the giant leeches 1958, night of the blood beast 1958 and the wasp woman 1959. Get the best deals on movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 1950 1959 when you shop the largest online selection at. The film is about a woman whom undergoes a terrifying transformation into a wasp like mutant creature. The wasp woman 1959 roger corman directed, and has a brief cameo in this drivein cult horror film, in which a cosmetics company owner, janice starlin susan cabot tries to save her company from sliding sales by hiring a scientist, dr. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The wasp woman 1959 susan cabot, anthony eisley and. Very entertaining and actually very well done, written and played. Onesheet poster for the wasp woman the wasp woman 1959 film poster, starring susan cabot high quality reprinted movie poster for the wasp woman starring susan cabot, anthony eisley and barboura morris from 11 x 17 high quality reproduction on card stock. The wasp woman, look, its a film from 1959 that was produced and directed by roger corman.
And i guess i should be super clear about this, so no one gets their hackles standing on end, not one actress who wound up only getting an honorable mention, be. A scientist develops a youth formula for a cosmetics queen from jelly taken from queen wasps, failing to anticipate the typical horrible side. She was invited to return to hollywood and appeared in a few more films, including the wasp woman 1959, her final film role. Jun 30, 2018 the wasp woman 1959 is a prime example, how corman was able to produce and distribute a film cheaply. To pad out the running time when the film was released to television two years later, a new prologue was added by director jack hill. The wasp woman is directed by jack hill and roger corman and written by leo gordon and kinta zertuche. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. If you like old classic films from the late 1950s this is a film to view and enjoy. Susan cabot, fred eisley, barboura morris, william roerick, michael mark, frank gerstle, roy gordon 1959, 84 minutes, directed by. With susan cabot, lynn cartwright, fred eisley, barboura morris, michael mark, william roerick, frank gerstle, bruno ve sota. Download the wasp woman 1959 subtitles from the source. This version of the wasp woman is not to be confused with the 1995 production of the same name.
By day she is a gorgeous young woman, but when night falls she buzzes. The film which is a remake of the 1959 film of the same name has a similar premise to that the fly 1986 which is a remake of the classic 1958 film of the same name. The wasp woman in color film group feature 1959 welcome to monster monday with tabonga, here at the dungeon. A beautiful woman by day a lusting queen wasp by night. Starring susan cabot, fred anthony eisley, barboura morris, william roerick, michael mark, frank gerstle, bruno vesota, roy gordon, carolyn hughes, lynn cartwright, roger corman, and aron kincaid. The wasp woman a 1959 american science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman. The wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film. Susan cabot stars as janice starlin in this 1959 b movie about the queen of a cosmetics company who goes all out to recapture her fading youth. But women were limited by quota to one woman for every ten men in the program. After telling renfro what a good job he has done they go to see. Oct 22, 2018 the film was completed in 1959 under the working title the black door but was not theatrically released until may 3, 1962, when it was released under its renamed title as a double feature with. Jul 27, 2014 the wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman who also plays a cameo as a doctor in the film which was completed in 1959.
The first group was the originals, who were the first group of the women s auxiliary ferrying squadron wafs, led by nancy love. She was invited to return to hollywood and appeared in a few more films, including the wasp woman in 1960, her final film role. The makeup actually makes the woman younger, but has the horrible side effect in that it turns the woman into a killer human wasp. Fearful of aging, cabot had a scientist develop a serum from wasps that when injected into a human, the person would become youthful looking and the aging process stopped. If you arent interested in the film but like the look of the poster you can buy a print of it here. The wasp woman 1959 not rated 1h 3min horror, scifi 30 october 1959 usa a scientist develops a youth formula for a cosmetics queen from jelly taken from queen wasps, failing to anticipate the typical horrible side effects. And eventually, this came to pass with original director roger corman acting as producer. Eric zinthrop michael mark who proposes to use enzymes from the royal jelly of a queen wasp to reverse the aging process. With a nod to 1958s highly successful the fly released the previous year by a major studio, corman produced and directed this lowbudget addition to the mutant insecthuman subgenre. The last woman on earth is an interesting film with some unintentional laughoutloud parts. Horror classics dvds 8 movies wasp womanthe apedementia. You can get the wasp woman for a few quid on dvd here.
Short film about the women airforce service pilots, part of the armynavy screen magazine film series in 1943 the wasp training spanned 19 groups of women. Here is yet another creature flick hampered by a ludicrous monster costume nothing. Considering the strange and terrible fate of the lead actress susan cabot apparently lived her own nightmare and was eventually killed by her increasingly browbeaten son the wasp woman takes on an added poignancy that obviously wasnt intended by the films cheapskate producerdirector, roger corman. What a sad film for poor micheal rennie the day the earth stood still to finish his career on. Watch the wasp woman 1959 movie online for free in hd a cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasps. Thats susan cabot, one of the stars of the wasp woman 1959 it. The wasp woman is a rare example where he largely failed at both. Not overly frightening, this film is a typical roger corman entry in the horror genre. The wasp woman also known as forbidden beauty is a 1995 television horror film directed by jim wynorski and starring jennifer rubin, and doug wert. A woman like satan original 1959 brigitte bardot movie poster.
The wasp woman 1959 is a nice little horror film by roger corman and. Personal life her personal life included a well publicised relationship with king hussein of jordan in 1959, which he ended when he found out that cabot was jewish, as well as two marriages which both ended in divorce. Karkarlen is a 1921 swedish romantic horror film, generally considered to be one of the central works in the history of swedish cinema. Today, i bring you one of the early roger corman schlockfests. Sure, its easy to ridicule for how cheap, sloppy and stupid it is, but behind its typical bmovie production, the wasp woman is something of a tragedy, about a woman, whether it is janice starlin the cosmetic executive or susan cabot the film actress, who. Well, its an old movie you cant expect what they manage in terms of effects these days. The wasp woman actress susan cabot killed by son 1986 hillside cemetery susan cabot july 9, 1927 december 10, 1986 was an american film and television actress. The wasp woman is a 1959, independently made, american blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced and directed by roger corman, that stars. The wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman who also plays a cameo as a doctor in the film which was completed in the wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman who also plays a cameo as a doctor in.
This early roger corman vehicle is sheer 50s monster fantasy. The little shop of horrors is a 1960 american comedy film directed by roger corman. The wasp woman 1959 full horror, scifi movie youtube. Her personal life included a well publicised relationship with king hussein of jordan in 1959, and two marriages which both ended in divorce. Roger corman janice starlin susan cabot was the face that sold a million cosmetic products, but now 18 years later her cosmetics business faces declining sales as she has grown older. List of films in the public domain in the united states. Jul 21, 2008 the wasp woman also known by the title the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction movie directed by roger corman which was completed in 1959. Get the best deals on movie memorabilia original us posters 1950 1959. Retromedia brings us a bluray double feature of two oldies that redefine the word schlock. The wasp woman 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There are two males and one female left alive after some kind of doomsday devise is detonated, which is never really explained. Zinthrop picks up a bottle of carbolic acid and scores a direct hit on wasp womans head just before he keels over, dead. The wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman who also plays a cameo as a doctor in the film which was completed in 1959. The film was originally released as a double feature with beast from haunted cave.
Needless to say, the bodies arent done piling up yet, and when a burly. The wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science. She married her first husband, the artist martin sacker, in 1944, and divorced him in 1951. Get the best deals on movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19501959 when you shop the largest online selection at. A gangster named harold anthony carbone, his moll, marybelle betsy jones moreland, and his lawyer, martin robert towne, are scuba diving in puerto rico when hbombs wipe out the world. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side effects. The wasp woman was the second film riffed by cinematic titanic, premiering april 26, 2008, as a part of the usa film festival in dallas. Teenagers and drive in theaters spelled success for corman, who peddled this exploitive cheap fare which was tailored made for teen drivein market. This laughable corman quickie was the first film produced by his company filmgroup. A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the earths magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.
The wasp woman was the second film riffed by cinematic titanic, premiering april 26, 2008, as a. Dec 14, 20 the wasp woman aka the bee girl and insect woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by roger corman who also plays a cameo as a doctor in the film which was completed in 1959. The wasp womans musical score, written by fred katz, was originally composed for the film a bucket of blood. This is a truly eerie effort, enhanced by ripe dialogue, excellent direction monte hellman, coproduced by the corman brothers, to maximum effect.
Needless to say, the bodies arent done piling up yet, and when a. When the film was sold to television in 1962 it featured additional footage featuring michael mark that was not in. The story of wasp, american women pilots of world war ii, finally recognized in 1977 as military pilots. The wasp woman 1959 susan cabot and barboura morris in the wasp woman 1959 the wasp. Get the best deals on movie memorabilia original us posters 1950. The wasp woman actress susan cabot killed by son 1986. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate florists assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. Movie memorabilia original us posters 19501959 for sale. All films that were released before 1925, or are the work of the united states government, are now in the public domain in the united states. The plot of this film has the head of a cosmetics firm trying out a new formula formed from the jelly of a queen wasp. Roger corman, monte hellman retromedia entertainment group. Zinthrop becomes aware that some of the test creatures are becoming violent and goes to warn janice but before he can reach anyone he gets into a car accident. A scientist develops a youth formula for a cosmetics queen from jelly taken from queen wasps. Also, this is the french version, so it has more scenes than the aka version dracula vs, frankenstein also avilible here in fullscreen.
I enhanced the sound, and lightened the pirnt a bit. Carnosaur has spawned a film series and was followed by two sequels, carnosaur 2 1994 and carnosaur 3. Wasp women pilots of world war ii women airforce service pilots wasp share flipboard email. With forrest tucker, gaby andre, martin benson, alec mango. Its too bad roger cormans the wasp woman, isnt as exciting as the poster displayed. The music was used in a total of seven films, including the little shop of horrors and creature from the haunted sea. Susan cabot stars as janice starlin in this 1959 b movie about the queen of a. Of course, this being a roger corman movie, its more than likely that the. Scream factory is a dvd, bluray and digital brand created to focus on notable and underrated horror, scifi, thriller films from the past that. The founder and owner of a large cosmetics company, janice starlin susan cabot, is disturbed when her f. The undeveloped nature of the screenplay puts the wasp woman into a rare category. Subsequently, cabot was romantically linked with king hussein of jordan for several years.
Watch the wasp woman 1959 full hd movie online for free. Music is by fred katz and photography by harry neumann. The undead was inspired by an interest in reincarnation during the 1950s as was the film the shecreature. Roger ebert named it the worst movie of 1993, though his thensidekick gene siskel liked the film. Movie memorabilia original us posters 19501959 for sale ebay. If youre a lovefilm subscriber you can stream it for free as part of your package. The wasp woman is een amerikaanse sciencefictionfilm uit 1959 onder regie van roger corman. It is a remake of the 1959 film of the same name which was written and directed by roger corman. Henry pym, janet van dyne gained the ability to alter her size, fly at rapid speeds and fire bioelectric energy stings. The wasp woman was very enjoyable if you like the old style horror movies and arnt too hung up on how good special effects are. Jan 17, 2020 dementia known in the united kingdom as the haunted and the hunted is a 1963 independently made blackandwhite horrorthriller film, written and directed by francis coppola and produced by.