I was born in 1959 and thoroughly enjoy seeing films made that year. Gives me a sense of the world into which I was born….a far cry from the world today.
Me too, 65 next month. These old films explain why I'm so out of sync with younger people, it was a completely different age. And when I watch films from the 20's and 30's I better understand my grandparents.
@@andrewhoward7200 There could be a number of factors, but one thing I know is, films made in the year that I was born have nothing to do with my generation or what defines us, or how we see the world.
The movies of the fifties were the movies of my teens. Some, particularly the ones in 3-D, I recall seeing at the Colonial Theater in my hometown. Some I remember vividly. This one I didn't see in a theater until late in the seventies, at the Boston Sci Fi Movie Marathon.
I like to watch old black and white movies and I don't even know why. My mom told me I shouldn't remember a lot of things because I was too young. I do and I love it. I remember when I had a crib and I'm 59 yrs of age. It's a lot and I can't write everything right now but I am writing my book. Hope people enjoy it when I'm finish with it.
Aside from the ridiculous wasp helmet and mittens, this was a good movie. Enjoyable characters, a plausible story, good actors, all a round fun. Thanks CCC.
Yes, not too bad. Nice to see a good print of this. Better music would've helped. This music was used repeatedly in Roger's FilmGroup productions, and generally cheapens them.
I was about 10 years old when I saw this movie, one night, on TV. The wasp woman caused an enormous fear in me. Today it's funny to think that anyone can be scared but back then, for a child, it was really terrifying.
@@melodiefrances3898 OUR MINDS ARE DIFFFERENT WHEN WE ARE CHILDREN. I CAN REMEMBER BEING TERRIFIED OF A MOVIE CALLED THE DEVIL DOLL WITH KAREN BLACK. TODAY IT MAY NOT COME ACROSS SO SCARY. EVEN AS A YOUNG ADULT THE DEVIL DOLL WAS A SCARY MOVIE. TODAY PPL WOULD CLASS IT AS TAME COMPARED TO SOME HORROR MOVIES OF TODAY WHICH I WONT WATCH NOW. I USED TO LIKE HORROR MOVIES BUT NOT NOW I AM OLD.
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44:56 that's one of the most original cuts I've seen in 1950s movies the way the camera focuses in on the background, slightly shifts angle, and then her head just comes flying into frame.. that looked awesome
Ironically I have the roger corman amc monsters collection, And this edit is much cleaner. The version I have you can hardly see this effect along with some other issues
Such a fun horror B movie. Brilliant acting, beautiful costumes even despite the budget constraints. Despite all of this, the Guinea-pig de-aging into a mouse is my favourite part of the film, honestly.
@@geroldgrimel4811 Yes, the Guinea.Pig turned into a white lab rat. Honestly, I would not use such a substance on me what is doing such a thing on an animal. But well, in horror movies they do things you can't measure with logic.
I've only just reached that point in this, so far, fab film(!) & wanted to see what the comments were about that, a Guinea-pig de-aging into a mouse (yes, rat actually) - brilliant! I'm inspired!
I watched this movie on Amazon Prime thinking I could sit there and laugh or make fun of it but I became absorbed in the plot and now must recommend it to others 😂
This print and its resolution, aspect ratio, and clarity is presented as NEW, making for a true retro experience spectacular, not dated, choppy, and grainy, as it was for so many years on analog OTA TV generated probably from 35mm celluloid projection equipment for earlier TV rebroadcast. Excellent! Even the broadcasts in recent years have been upgraded substantially here! I guess this and a few other Corman Classics have enjoyed modern digital remastering. OMG!
In the old NTSC days, TV broadcasts of movies and filmed programs were usually from 16mm film prints. Many of those old prints are in the hands of collectors today.
She was a very good actress. Would've been nice had she been able to do more major films and achieved more recognition. (Was killed by her own son, tragically, sadly)
"I think that was the most fun part I've ever had. To be able to go from a forty-year old character to a twenty-two year old one was a challenge. Then, to be a monster, one of the very few female beasties in movies was great fun. The Wasp Woman is very special." -- Susan Cabot.
Cómo es posible la ignorancia Norte-America : cambiar dos cuyes peruanos adultos (conocidos en el mundo por "coballas" o conejillos de indias ) por una rata blanca grande ; falta de presupuesto o menosprecio a la cultura del expectador...?? !!
@@dontaylor7315 Guinea pigs are very expensive! To work w/anyway and this is according to the producers of "South Park" who used them when they took over the world and wouldn't budge, once they were dressed up in their costumes and caused all sorts of production delays.🐹⌛
Though probably considered a B movie nowadays, I find this as thoroughly enjoyable as it must’ve appeared in theaters long ago. Old doesn’t mean bad! And long live black and white cinema!
The script is surprisingly intelligent for a B-movie made in 1959. Usually, the opening exposition scenes are boring and somewhat cringeworthy. But this was actually engaging.
The way Susan Cabot died in real life was pretty horrific. Living her final days as a shut in/hoarder with her dwarf son. She was taking his vosoritide dwarfism medication as she believed it was keeping her young. Her son said the meds made her delusional & violent. One day he claimed she had been attacking him with a scalpel so he snapped & bludgeoned her to death with a barbell.
@@rogerrendzak8055 Wow OP, thank you for that information. How sad. Roger: Doctors have developed a drug to promote growth in dwarfs however it is met w/controversy, namely by some of those w/the condition who find some people would prefer dwarfs take drugs to eradicate a part of their identity rather than to eradicate their prejudices.
Fred Katz REALLY outdid himself scoring this film. 📽️🎥 it's a campy, contempo/mid-century masterpiece, specifically because of the Filmgroup's thematic consistency in the music backdrops for the 5 year or so span of monster mill releases. This was a wise, and probably economical decision in feasibility, and substance identity coverage, simultaneously. The ultimate CAMP experience for the Bohemian, hip, film buffs of the era, with just the right touch of Beatnikish charm. For some reason, a rainy, snowy night watching Corman's 'Little Shop of Horrors, at the age of 5 or 6 on my Grandma's 1952 RCA, falling asleep, and then my dad picking me up to carry me upstairs to the huge bed already half asleep, is something I still remember. I think it was during the holidays. I also am able to recollect my mindset at the time, and compare it to the now. It was a sort of hieroglyphic moment that I could always refer back to, with affection for acquiring a taste for the artsy, long before my mind had a definition for what was going on in there. The Katz music overdubs will forever evoke a sixth sense for the ribald, and the surreal aspects pf Jazz music and films from a special time. That kernel for music also led me to understand the blooms and indispensable importance of music in film or stage productions.
Yes. This was the era when LA’s finest jazz musicians were writing scores for movies. This is a bygone era. But the music they left behind is fabulous.
Otho I am only 54. I like a lot of the older black and white movies. Acting was better, most had a message to the film if you really paid attention to it. Sad things a lot of new kids will not watch a movie that does not have color. Old sitcoms like I love Lucy, The honeymooners are classic. And its a shame that a lot of great movies and sitcoms will never be seen. This movie is a classic.
I found it slow and boring because all the action was towards the end of the movie.I am 55 and I like black and white movies.I watch the Rifle Man, Highway Patrol,and The Alfred Hitchcock hour on UTube.I also listen to Podcasts of Dragnet.I had no idea it was a radio program before it was a television program.
Roger Corman was a master of making a production dollar go further, in the tradition of the old Republic Pictures movie serials. Modern filmmakers could learn a lot from the Master.
Oh...But, so many "modern' filmmakers DO owe their chops to this man! Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdonaviche, Demme, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and Jack Nicholson. Actors weren't just sticks of furniture in his films. They learned EVERYTHING. Camera work, lighting, production and direction. His method of operation was the most amount or production in the least amount of time allowed everyone involved to learn everything involved. He did other genres beside B-horror movies, (think "Wild Ones"); But, seems to only be remembered for these campy but fun "horror" films. I saw most of these as a kid at drive-in theaters - shows my age! My favorites are the ORIGINAL "Little Shop of Horrors" with Jack Nicholson and "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes". That last one was fun until Ray Milland tore out his own eyes at the end. That creeped me out! Anyway, that's my two cents about Corman. But, I think I would also add Harryhousen to the list "masters" in filmmaking before CGI became the mainstream of everything.
@@vampthat Ray Harryhausen could do more with a modest budget, miniatures and modeling clay back then than most modern SFX artists can do with megabudgets and CGI these days. As Ernest Rutherford said, "We don't have any money, so we have to THINK!" Which Harryhausen did, and he did it very well. These days, they do have money, but you have to wonder what (or if) thinking is going on in a lot of cases.
It’s not that modern efx artists aren’t imaginative, it’s that the process has become so open to non-stop meddling by anyone and everyone. It’s the beauty and curse of CGI that it can be done and redone ad nauseum.
Another deep Corman film about how human vanity will combine with scientific arrogance and lead to our downfall. Plus it has a kitty-cat that mutates into a killer monster. Thanks @CCC! ;)
See how that guinea pig is (@19:48), after it's rejuvenated?? See how it becomes a rat, even!! I guess they figured, we wouldn't 😁!!! …………BUT, I did 😉!!!
I noticed an actor " William Roerick" especially because I just watched "not of this earth" (1957) where he played a doctor who gives a blood transfusion to an alien that looks like a human man-in-black. Another Corman movie. Thanks for the upload. Entertaining stuff!
Roger William Corman is an American director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Born: April 5, 1926 (age 94 years), Detroit, MI
@@gregedgerton3390 A very good thought. Look at his library of films someday. Some lost gems in there but many have very good writing despite the cheesezy effects. 96 now.
@grouchosays her son beaten her up to death with a,baseball bat because she deformed him with injections (the kid was a dwarf) Google ir. It's an amazing story
What a treat!! And was anyone else transfixed by the fact that the 'Wasp Mask" did not go completely around the actress's head---so you had a wasp attacking a woman, but her hair-do in the back of her head remained perfectly coiffed 'a la 1959'!! LOL! How I used to love sneaking all those films on a Saturday night, when my twin and I were 13 years old, and our parents were still en route home to our house in the suburbs, after maybe seeing a Broadway show! We had just enough time to race off to bed when their headlights turned into the drive-way!! (Then, years later, Mom revealed that we had fooled no one, since the light in the middle of the screen stayed on for a couple of minutes after the set was shut off! LOL! Remember THAT?!) So, all those times---they knew! Lynn in NYC (who still loves these films!!)
*_A couple of years ago I already watched this film and it seemed interesting to me, so today I decided to watch it again._* *_Il y a quelques années, j'ai déjà regardé ce film et il me semblait intéressant, alors aujourd'hui j'ai décidé de le revoir._*
In retrospect, all the myriad musical influences before, during, and since, make for an exhilarating, esoteric NICHE music buff's experience, here, with some restraint, and economy for cinematic script continuity, with good taste, even among the Jazz cognoscenti. YES!
This is a very good movie. Far beyond a simple production that seeks to cause fear. In this movie some important issues are addressed, such as: ethics in scientific research, the search for economic success at any cost, the resistance of society at the time to female leadership, the search for eternal youth, etc.
That poster had to be the inspiration for the look of the monsters in The Outer Limits episode of "The Zanti Misfits." Check it out. The resemblance is uncanny.
What I find remarkable is how executives and employees of the company are genuinely concerned for the safety of the ceo and the clients. Something rare in today’s world!
It was a pre-Reagan world. Corporations paid taxes at a way higher rate than even Bernie and the Squad are daring to ask today. And those taxes weren't hurting them a bit, they were thriving. What's more, companies were loyal to their workers and that loyalty was returned. The concern shown by the employees in this movie wasn't at all surprising in those days - God I miss those Eisenhower years I grew up in!
@@dontaylor7315 I wouldn't mind bringing back some of the styles of that era, people did seem overall to look more classy and well groomed and dressed which probably made everyday life seem a bit more pleasant especailly when dealing with the public.
@@fobypawz418 Maybe so. I didn't really experience those styles because in this movie everybody's dressed in the officewear of the period. I grew up in a rural community and the clothes were appropriate to farming and ranching. I pretty much didn't see urban styles except in movies/tv so those clothes seemed exotic to me.
@@dontaylor7315 ahh rural fashion, they definitely had their own styles! I've seen shows like Lassie, The Waltons, and Bonanza, the fashions looked pretty nice!
@@fobypawz418 I didn't watch many Lassie episodes and never watched The Waltons at all (the show didn't exist till I was 25 anyway) but I distinctly remember some very inauthentic costumes from Bonanza. In real life in 1950s rural South Texas as I remember it, nobody was trying to make much of a fashion statement: Clothing was chosen with utilitarian purposes in mind.
I've never seen it before. I loved this stuff like this growing up. KHJ 9 and KCOP 11 Los Angeles ran some good late-night movies. I remember Ralph Williams Ford commercials. Salesman had a cool dog named Storm 😎 😂😂 good times.
Okay so I'm not proud of this story, but when back in like, 2003 maybe, I was 5-6 and this movie came on at midnight. Being a sassy little rebel I decided to stay up and watch it. The wasp mask scenes genuinely scared me. Looking back on it, zoo wee I must've been a dumb child
From the Miramar pottery, to the Robert Lyons harlequins wall art matched set, and the Sunstarburst mirror, and Danish modern furniture, a retro collection to behold: that Plan '59 concept comes to life here; a period perfect connoisseur's delights.😊
The Wasp Woman is the bees' knees, and she's up to her proboscis in jelly. I started buzzing the moment this movie took off. The old guy was crushed by his dismissal, at the hands of a hivemind martinet. The will-be Wasp Woman is everything a horror movie needs. She's so vain! This movie is a stinging rebuke to all who watch it. All MUST watch it, queen's orders!!
I think this film is younger than indicated here (1959) and in the opening credits (MCMLIX) same year. Indeed, the release month of the film is stated as July, 1959. I questioned it a little at the beginning with the '60 Ford Ranchero, and still wondered at 47:17 when I saw a '60 Plymouth Valiant next to the '59 Impala convertible, but at 47:20 spotted a '61 Buick Skylark coupe, 47:54 a '63 Chevy sedan and '63 Buick convertible, 47:56 a '62 Buick coupe going around the corner, 48:22 a '62 or 3 Ford Fairlane mid-sized coupe and at 48:28 a '63 Impala coupe (back end). Cars were VERY model year specific back then, not like the past 40+ years. Having noticed this, and the newest cars being '63's which weren't even out until October '62, I would say this movie is actually from 1963. It has to be.
@@scotpens I appreciate the reply, but find this to be be very odd to say the least. I know my cars very well per my several reference's here. So what I'm getting from this, is that it was released in 7/59 in theaters and drive-ins, then 'updated' 3 years later for TV. I can only surmise the newer footage was added to make it appear newer. '59 was the last model year before the compacts started appearing in late '59 for the '60 model year. Very odd...
I was born in 1959 and thoroughly enjoy seeing films made that year. Gives me a sense of the world into which I was born….a far cry from the world today.
And not in a good way!
Me too, 65 next month. These old films explain why I'm so out of sync with younger people, it was a completely different age. And when I watch films from the 20's and 30's I better understand my grandparents.
@@andrewhoward7200 There could be a number of factors, but one thing I know is, films made in the year that I was born have nothing to do with my generation or what defines us, or how we see the world.
The movies of the fifties were the movies of my teens. Some, particularly the ones in 3-D, I recall seeing at the Colonial Theater in my hometown. Some I remember vividly. This one I didn't see in a theater until late in the seventies, at the Boston Sci Fi Movie Marathon.
I like to watch old black and white movies and I don't even know why. My mom told me I shouldn't remember a lot of things because I was too young. I do and I love it. I remember when I had a crib and I'm 59 yrs of age. It's a lot and I can't write everything right now but I am writing my book. Hope people enjoy it when I'm finish with it.
Best of luck in the Book 🍀
Cause they always have pretty women all dressed up. That’s why I like em
I always love when they play happy music during fight scenes.
Aside from the ridiculous wasp helmet and mittens, this was a good movie. Enjoyable characters, a plausible story, good actors, all a round fun. Thanks CCC.
Yes, not too bad. Nice to see a good print of this.
Better music would've helped. This music was used repeatedly in Roger's FilmGroup productions, and generally cheapens them.
😂
I was about 10 years old when I saw this movie, one night, on TV. The wasp woman caused an enormous fear in me. Today it's funny to think that anyone can be scared but back then, for a child, it was really terrifying.
That Falcon pick up would be worth a few bucks now days.
Oh God, me too. I would lay in bed at night, too terrified to go to sleep 😂❤
@@melodiefrances3898 OUR MINDS ARE DIFFFERENT WHEN WE ARE CHILDREN. I CAN REMEMBER BEING TERRIFIED OF A MOVIE CALLED THE DEVIL DOLL WITH KAREN BLACK. TODAY IT MAY NOT COME ACROSS SO SCARY. EVEN AS A YOUNG ADULT THE DEVIL DOLL WAS A SCARY MOVIE. TODAY PPL WOULD CLASS IT AS TAME COMPARED TO SOME HORROR MOVIES OF TODAY WHICH I WONT WATCH NOW. I USED TO LIKE HORROR MOVIES BUT NOT NOW I AM OLD.
@@zennabella1676was ha ben Horrorfilme mir "alt sein " zu tun ?? 😊😊😊 LG ❤
@@gst8108 If you live to be old, you’ve already seen all the horror you can take! Just my opinion! Does that help! Btw, not watching!
I really enjoy these old movies 🎥 & there is nothing better on a rainy evening
I love watching b&w movies. Feels dreamlike.
Susan Cabot is good in every movie she was in!
RIP sad death😮
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It's a bee movie
Clever, lol. Have a great life.
I would say a B Plus Movie
B ware
@@waynejohanson1083 😁
Omg
Susan Cabot appeared in other Roger Corman movies. She does a really good job in this picture.
44:56 that's one of the most original cuts I've seen in 1950s movies
the way the camera focuses in on the background, slightly shifts angle, and then her head just comes flying into frame.. that looked awesome
I likely would've never noticed this - but you're absolutely right!
Nicely spotted and timestamped @cinema Obsura! CCC loves timestamped comments! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
If you ever want to make a film or video invest in a Roger Corman box set and learn.
Ironically I have the roger corman amc monsters collection, And this edit is much cleaner. The version I have you can hardly see this effect along with some other issues
One of Corman's most fun films. RIP to the legend!
Such a fun horror B movie. Brilliant acting, beautiful costumes even despite the budget constraints. Despite all of this, the Guinea-pig de-aging into a mouse is my favourite part of the film, honestly.
I think it was a rat, actually. Now I don't know anything anymore. lol
Fun? Nothing happens for 50 mins
@@xshadowscreamx then go watch some mindless action film, it’s a B movie from the 50’s, not sure what TF you expect?
@@geroldgrimel4811 Yes, the Guinea.Pig turned into a white lab rat. Honestly, I would not use such a substance on me what is doing such a thing on an animal. But well, in horror movies they do things you can't measure with logic.
I've only just reached that point in this, so far, fab film(!) & wanted to see what the comments were about that, a Guinea-pig de-aging into a mouse (yes, rat actually) - brilliant! I'm inspired!
Cabot brings more dignity to this than the material really deserves. Good little movie.
And giggity.
I love this movie! I hadn't seen it in years and I didn't know it was a Roger Corman movie. Glad I got to see it again.
Oh.
L💙ve this film also!💙💙🐝
I watched this movie on Amazon Prime thinking I could sit there and laugh or make fun of it but I became absorbed in the plot and now must recommend it to others 😂
RIP Roger Corman. 1926-2024. He was the king of B-movies!
He hated that moniker.
This print and its resolution, aspect ratio, and clarity is presented as NEW, making for a true retro experience spectacular, not dated, choppy, and grainy, as it was for so many years on analog OTA TV generated probably from 35mm celluloid projection equipment for earlier TV rebroadcast. Excellent! Even the broadcasts in recent years have been upgraded substantially here! I guess this and a few other Corman Classics have enjoyed modern digital remastering. OMG!
In the old NTSC days, TV broadcasts of movies and filmed programs were usually from 16mm film prints. Many of those old prints are in the hands of collectors today.
Susan Cabot is GREAT in this film!!!
Great movie
Yes! Great actress!
She was a very good actress. Would've been nice had she been able to do more major films and achieved more recognition. (Was killed by her own son, tragically, sadly)
@@RSEFX good actress......bad mother
@@helbitkelbit1790 Bad son
Roger Corman always made great movies even though they were on a budget, the story in this is brilliant even if the mask is unconvincing.
and it has some true Horror.
Hahahahhaha garbage film but still kinda spoopy
It's right up there w/"The Giant Claw" (although not a Corman flick who was brilliant). I can't forget that giant bird's googly eyes!
I watched this and then noticed I could have watched it colorised. Well thought out script with great acting.
"I think that was the most fun part I've ever had. To be able to go from a forty-year old character to a twenty-two year old one was a challenge. Then, to be a monster, one of the very few female beasties in movies was great fun. The Wasp Woman is very special." -- Susan Cabot.
Cómo es posible la ignorancia Norte-America : cambiar dos cuyes peruanos adultos (conocidos en el mundo por "coballas" o conejillos de indias ) por una rata blanca grande ; falta de presupuesto o menosprecio a la cultura del expectador...?? !!
@@juanfaustochavezpostigo2972 it's just a movie...smart ass
@@rogerioseabra1420 "It's just a movie" so they couldn't be bothered to buy a couple of guinea pigs? How expensive could they be?
L💙ve You Susan!! L💙ve Wasp Woman!!💙🐝💙💙💙🌛🐝💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
@@dontaylor7315 Guinea pigs are very expensive! To work w/anyway and this is according to the producers of "South Park" who used them when they took over the world and wouldn't budge, once they were dressed up in their costumes and caused all sorts of production delays.🐹⌛
Women were so beautiful back then
Though probably considered a B movie nowadays, I find this as thoroughly enjoyable as it must’ve appeared in theaters long ago. Old doesn’t mean bad! And long live black and white cinema!
Amen to that!!!
However, not all B&W movies are _pièces de résistance_ in American cinema. There are old turkeys, too 😂
@@Hellraiser0601 No damn it! You WILL see “Invasion of the Neptune Men” as pure artistic genius!
😉
Totally agree
The script is surprisingly intelligent for a B-movie made in 1959. Usually, the opening exposition scenes are boring and somewhat cringeworthy. But this was actually engaging.
Listening Misfits band and watching all these old school horror movies and just you can make your life easier and interesting like that
Lordy lordy.haven't seen this movie in years.got my popcorn warm blanket.and a cool jug of red wine.
The way Susan Cabot died in real life was pretty horrific. Living her final days as a shut in/hoarder with her dwarf son. She was taking his vosoritide dwarfism medication as she believed it was keeping her young.
Her son said the meds made her delusional & violent.
One day he claimed she had been attacking him with a scalpel so he snapped & bludgeoned her to death with a barbell.
Dwarfism medication?? Huhhh🤔? Ok, what would that, be for? To keep him a 'dwarf', or to make him, big? Just kidding 😉!!
WOW
@@rogerrendzak8055 Wow OP, thank you for that information. How sad. Roger: Doctors have developed a drug to promote growth in dwarfs however it is met w/controversy, namely by some of those w/the condition who find some people would prefer dwarfs take drugs to eradicate a part of their identity rather than to eradicate their prejudices.
Holy SHIT!
Mitch, this is indeed a tragic story for Ms Cabot and her son.
This movie is great to watch many times as I have over the years. Always a good time!
Thanks CCC!
Thanks for being here! Keep enjoying!! Cheers!
Google how Susan Cabot died - it is an amazing story, not unlike this very movie... her last.
Fred Katz REALLY outdid himself scoring this film.
📽️🎥 it's a campy, contempo/mid-century masterpiece, specifically because of the Filmgroup's thematic consistency in the music backdrops for the 5 year or so span of monster mill releases. This was a wise, and probably economical decision in feasibility, and substance identity coverage, simultaneously. The ultimate CAMP experience for the Bohemian, hip, film buffs of the era, with just the right touch of Beatnikish charm. For some reason, a rainy, snowy night watching Corman's 'Little Shop of Horrors, at the age of 5 or 6 on my Grandma's 1952 RCA, falling asleep, and then my dad picking me up to carry me upstairs to the huge bed already half asleep, is something I still remember. I think it was during the holidays. I also am able to recollect my mindset at the time, and compare it to the now. It was a sort of hieroglyphic moment that I could always refer back to, with affection for acquiring a taste for the artsy, long before my mind had a definition for what was going on in there. The Katz music overdubs will forever evoke a sixth sense for the ribald, and the surreal aspects pf Jazz music and films from a special time. That kernel for music also led me to understand the blooms and indispensable importance of music in film or stage productions.
Yes. This was the era when LA’s finest jazz musicians were writing scores for movies. This is a bygone era. But the music they left behind is fabulous.
Otho I am only 54. I like a lot of the older black and white movies. Acting was better, most had a message to the film if you really paid attention to it. Sad things a lot of new kids will not watch a movie that does not have color. Old sitcoms like I love Lucy, The honeymooners are classic. And its a shame that a lot of great movies and sitcoms will never be seen. This movie is a classic.
I found it slow and boring because all the action was towards the end of the movie.I am 55 and I like black and white movies.I watch the Rifle Man, Highway Patrol,and The Alfred Hitchcock hour on UTube.I also listen to Podcasts of Dragnet.I had no idea it was a radio program before it was a television program.
The Red Skelton show was a favorite of mine. I will introduce those shows to my granddaughters some day soon.
Beware of giant wasps with a woman's head albeit pretty. I am now fore warned. Many thanks. ..bzzzzzzz.. bzzzzzzz.. Arghhhh.
Roger Corman made many great films. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed watching The wasp woman. 👍.
What a fantastic flick! Great script, superb cinematography, quality acting! Thank you for sharing
Good little film and Susan gives a very good performance. She make this fun film work.
I knew Susan Cabot's son, Tim. The story behind him was amazing.
The upload quality of this print is outstanding.
The Sound Effects On The Attacks Were Great.
Black and white. Sound and image quality. They win by rout, from today's Hollywood movies 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Roger Corman was a master of making a production dollar go further, in the tradition of the old Republic Pictures movie serials. Modern filmmakers could learn a lot from the Master.
Oh...But, so many "modern' filmmakers DO owe their chops to this man! Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdonaviche, Demme, Ron Howard, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and Jack Nicholson. Actors weren't just sticks of furniture in his films. They learned EVERYTHING. Camera work, lighting, production and direction. His method of operation was the most amount or production in the least amount of time allowed everyone involved to learn everything involved. He did other genres beside B-horror movies, (think "Wild Ones"); But, seems to only be remembered for these campy but fun "horror" films. I saw most of these as a kid at drive-in theaters - shows my age! My favorites are the ORIGINAL "Little Shop of Horrors" with Jack Nicholson and "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes". That last one was fun until Ray Milland tore out his own eyes at the end. That creeped me out!
Anyway, that's my two cents about Corman. But, I think I would also add Harryhousen to the list "masters" in filmmaking before CGI became the mainstream of everything.
@@vampthat Ray Harryhausen could do more with a modest budget, miniatures and modeling clay back then than most modern SFX artists can do with megabudgets and CGI these days. As Ernest Rutherford said, "We don't have any money, so we have to THINK!" Which Harryhausen did, and he did it very well. These days, they do have money, but you have to wonder what (or if) thinking is going on in a lot of cases.
@@silverhammer7779 AGREED!!
He said he never lost a penny on any of his movies.
It’s not that modern efx artists aren’t imaginative, it’s that the process has become so open to non-stop meddling by anyone and everyone. It’s the beauty and curse of CGI that it can be done and redone ad nauseum.
Merci Beaucoup Pour Tout !!
"How old do I look?!" About 47.
The Guinea pigs changed into rats.. instead of baby guinea pigs..
Great movie. Saw once before. Thank you for the revisit.
Blessings
What a great great movie. We did not need the beginning though.
Another deep Corman film about how human vanity will combine with scientific arrogance and lead to our downfall.
Plus it has a kitty-cat that mutates into a killer monster.
Thanks @CCC! ;)
I don't think this picture was that deep.
lets hope not!!
@@unclecolt it is deeper then you think.
@@BrianCarnevaleB26 Zionist. They compares bees whit humans and they're gonna open the gate for the arabs. Cause they want to extend their territory.
See how that guinea pig is (@19:48), after it's rejuvenated?? See how it becomes a rat, even!! I guess they figured, we wouldn't 😁!!!
…………BUT, I did 😉!!!
Ahh, the old Corpsman trick, get the shot right out of the Refrigerator 😀😉👍😁☺️🤗😂!!!
I noticed an actor " William Roerick" especially because I just watched "not of this earth" (1957) where he played a doctor who gives a blood transfusion to an alien that looks like a human man-in-black. Another Corman movie.
Thanks for the upload. Entertaining stuff!
Best horror movie I've seen in years 😂😂😂😂😂
Roger William Corman is an American director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film.
Born: April 5, 1926 (age 94 years), Detroit, MI
He should have a statue.
@@gregedgerton3390 HE IS 95 NOW!
@@gregedgerton3390 A very good thought. Look at his library of films someday. Some lost gems in there but many have very good writing despite the cheesezy effects.
96 now.
Unknowingly, one of my directorial hero's, as a kid 👍!!
22:51 That montage is the best thing I’ve ever seen.
Labeled on card "WHASP WOMAN". 'WHASP'? This is why staying in school, is VERY important 😉!!
Poor HoneyBees tricked into believing they are wasps!🐝
So sad about Susan Cabot almost like what happened to her character here. May she rest in peace.
What happened to her?
@grouchosays her son beaten her up to death with a,baseball bat because she deformed him with injections (the kid was a dwarf) Google ir. It's an amazing story
What a great score!!!
Another Roger Corman wonders! A movie from a much simpler time.
THEY NEEDS 2 REMAKE THIS MOVIE. IT'S B A HIT!!! I LOVE'S THESE OLD SCI-FI MOVIES👌👌👌
Already have, back in '96!! From Showtime!!
What a treat!! And was anyone else transfixed by the fact that the 'Wasp Mask" did not go completely around the actress's head---so you had a wasp attacking a woman, but her hair-do in the back of her head remained perfectly coiffed 'a la 1959'!! LOL! How I used to love sneaking all those films on a Saturday night, when my twin and I were 13 years old, and our parents were still en route home to our house in the suburbs, after maybe seeing a Broadway show! We had just enough time to race off to bed when their headlights turned into the drive-way!! (Then, years later, Mom revealed that we had fooled no one, since the light in the middle of the screen stayed on for a couple of minutes after the set was shut off! LOL! Remember THAT?!) So, all those times---they knew! Lynn in NYC (who still loves these films!!)
Funny when Mary is asked to open the bed: “Oh, sure.. I’ve seen lots of these.” 😅
Thank u for these. Im extremely ill and they help with the pain and anxiety.
Looks like Eartha Kitt as the Cat Woman
*_A couple of years ago I already watched this film and it seemed interesting to me, so today I decided to watch it again._*
*_Il y a quelques années, j'ai déjà regardé ce film et il me semblait intéressant, alors aujourd'hui j'ai décidé de le revoir._*
In retrospect, all the myriad musical influences before, during, and since, make for an exhilarating, esoteric NICHE music buff's experience, here, with some restraint, and economy for cinematic script continuity, with good taste, even among the Jazz cognoscenti. YES!
55:25 These two are the real monsters of this movie, they are so common!
Thank you 🤩🤩💖
Wonderful Femme Fatale!!💙💙💙
I love these Roger classics that I can just vedge-out to.
This is a very good movie. Far beyond a simple production that seeks to cause fear. In this movie some important issues are addressed, such as: ethics in scientific research, the search for economic success at any cost, the resistance of society at the time to female leadership, the search for eternal youth, etc.
I'm agree with you,the "b" moovies,at that time,were intellectual moovies.
Lol!!!!
Watch the movie, didn’t see signs of resistance to female leadership, probably just behind the current times.
@@loganw1232 yes,there is too an idea of female revenge,it's a peaty that wasp woman dies at and....may be remaking it today,wasp woman coud be alive.
@@loganw1232 Well the signs are there. Pay attention to the meeting at 12:00 and other sequences.
"The following film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen." Only the best on this channel.
This is a riot rubber head mask with horns....a cone bra and high heels running after workers in an office building.
Thank you!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
I wonder how Corman will pull off a twelve-foot wasp with a three-foot lady's head.
Surely the poster art wouldn't lie would it?
Heck no!
@@crankenstein70 lol!
Posters never lie; never. I swear!
Great artwork.
That poster had to be the inspiration for the look of the monsters in The Outer Limits episode of "The Zanti Misfits." Check it out. The resemblance is uncanny.
Reedman composer, arranger Paul Horn had some input on the Cormsn tropes, What a time they must've had collaborating (he and Katz and Co.)!
Super fun movie. I love this old school vibe.
Very cool 💯
What I find remarkable is how executives and employees of the company are genuinely concerned for the safety of the ceo and the clients. Something rare in today’s world!
It was a pre-Reagan world. Corporations paid taxes at a way higher rate than even Bernie and the Squad are daring to ask today. And those taxes weren't hurting them a bit, they were thriving. What's more, companies were loyal to their workers and that loyalty was returned. The concern shown by the employees in this movie wasn't at all surprising in those days - God I miss those Eisenhower years I grew up in!
@@dontaylor7315 I wouldn't mind bringing back some of the styles of that era, people did seem overall to look more classy and well groomed and dressed which probably made everyday life seem a bit more pleasant especailly when dealing with the public.
@@fobypawz418 Maybe so. I didn't really experience those styles because in this movie everybody's dressed in the officewear of the period. I grew up in a rural community and the clothes were appropriate to farming and ranching. I pretty much didn't see urban styles except in movies/tv so those clothes seemed exotic to me.
@@dontaylor7315 ahh rural fashion, they definitely had their own styles! I've seen shows like Lassie, The Waltons, and Bonanza, the fashions looked pretty nice!
@@fobypawz418 I didn't watch many Lassie episodes and never watched The Waltons at all (the show didn't exist till I was 25 anyway) but I distinctly remember some very inauthentic costumes from Bonanza. In real life in 1950s rural South Texas as I remember it, nobody was trying to make much of a fashion statement: Clothing was chosen with utilitarian purposes in mind.
Rest in peace, Roger Corman and Susan Cabot.
Excellent classic horror film!!!.. Thank you very much
I've never seen it before.
I loved this stuff like this growing up.
KHJ 9 and KCOP 11 Los Angeles ran some good late-night movies.
I remember Ralph Williams Ford commercials. Salesman had a cool dog named Storm 😎
😂😂 good times.
Okay so I'm not proud of this story, but when back in like, 2003 maybe, I was 5-6 and this movie came on at midnight. Being a sassy little rebel I decided to stay up and watch it. The wasp mask scenes genuinely scared me. Looking back on it, zoo wee I must've been a dumb child
From the Miramar pottery, to the Robert Lyons harlequins wall art matched set, and the Sunstarburst mirror, and Danish modern furniture, a retro collection to behold: that Plan '59 concept comes to life here; a period perfect connoisseur's delights.😊
The Wasp Woman is the bees' knees, and she's up to her proboscis in jelly. I started buzzing the moment this movie took off. The old guy was crushed by his dismissal, at the hands of a hivemind martinet. The will-be Wasp Woman is everything a horror movie needs. She's so vain! This movie is a stinging rebuke to all who watch it. All MUST watch it, queen's orders!!
This is a spectacular print. Thank you!
Queens Rule!!🐝🐝💙💙
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Gracias por subir esta bella película 😊 gracias totales 🙏
The brunette receptionist, Lynn Cartwright, is beautiful.
Sexist pig !
@@dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136 Ha!!
sonum
She was bloody gorgeous
How do you know she was a brunette? Its showing in black and white.
I think this film is younger than indicated here (1959) and in the opening credits (MCMLIX) same year. Indeed, the release month of the film is stated as July, 1959. I questioned it a little at the beginning with the '60 Ford Ranchero, and still wondered at 47:17 when I saw a '60 Plymouth Valiant next to the '59 Impala convertible, but at 47:20 spotted a '61 Buick Skylark coupe, 47:54 a '63 Chevy sedan and '63 Buick convertible, 47:56 a '62 Buick coupe going around the corner, 48:22 a '62 or 3 Ford Fairlane mid-sized coupe and at 48:28 a '63 Impala coupe (back end). Cars were VERY model year specific back then, not like the past 40+ years. Having noticed this, and the newest cars being '63's which weren't even out until October '62, I would say this movie is actually from 1963. It has to be.
The newer cars appear in additional footage that was shot for the movie's 1962 television release.
@@scotpens I appreciate the reply, but find this to be be very odd to say the least. I know my cars very well per my several reference's here. So what I'm getting from this, is that it was released in 7/59 in theaters and drive-ins, then 'updated' 3 years later for TV. I can only surmise the newer footage was added to make it appear newer. '59 was the last model year before the compacts started appearing in late '59 for the '60 model year. Very odd...
0:05 WHAT? "The Wasp Woman" and they show bees? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They turned the guinea pigs into white lab rats - why not wasps into bees?
Wasp's are hard to direct !!
When the two guys are driving around looking for the missing doctor? I didn't realize just how much New York City looked like L.A.
Amazing that in those old movies people were already obsessed with staying and looking young.
Since Gilgamesh
I have a large library of these '50's & '60's horror and scifi movies....watch them all the time...
Thank you for this upload! The quality is excellent!
Yes, it's pleasant to watch interesting old films in good quality.
Greetings.
44:20 what an interesting actress
I don't remember seeing this as a kid as some have said but am enjoying it now... Fun!
The delivery man was also in the meeting room. LOL!
It still can be scary and I love to watch it often.
I like seeing the cars in this film some pretty cool picture cars
There’s never a can of Raid when you need one.
Can't blame anyone for wanting to look young. It's a young world.
Rolled some medication and watched this movie.What a buzz!
I just these old thriller movie.🤯🤯🤯🤯