DIRECTED BY: ROGER CORMAN
TITLE: THE WASP WOMAN
CAST: SUSAN CABOT, FRED EISLEY, BARBOURA MORRIS, WILLIAM ROERICK, MICHAEL MARK
FORMAT: DVD
YEAR: 1960

INFO:

This goofy but entertaining horror cheapie from producer-director Roger Corman and company involves the efforts of a questionable scientist working for cosmetics magnate Susan Cabot, who is developing a new rejuvenating beauty cream derived from an enzyme secreted by wasps, intended to make women look eternally youthful. A vain woman obsessed with restoring her lost beauty, Cabot insists on being the first test subject. The solution proves remarkably effective at first, transforming her into asultry raven-haired vixen...until she begins to take on the predatory traits of a giant female wasp, setting out on a nocturnal killing spree. Originally double-billed with The Beast from Haunted Cave, this cheesy monster mash inspired the less-amusing Leech Woman and was later remade for 1980s audiences (i.e., with a higher sex-and-gore quotient) as Evil Spawn.

Cavett Binion, Rovi