| 词条 | The Wasp Woman |
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| name = The Wasp Woman | image = The Wasp Woman.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Roger Corman Jack Hill | producer = Roger Corman | screenplay = Leo Gordon | story = Kinta Zertuche | starring = Susan Cabot Anthony Eisley Michael Mark Barboura Morris | music = Fred Katz | cinematography = Harry Neumann | editing = Carlo Lodato | distributor = Filmgroup Allied Artists Pictures Corporation | released = {{film date|1959|10|30|United States}} | runtime = 73 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $50,000 (estimated) }} The Wasp Woman (also known as The Bee Girl and Insect Woman) is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced and directed by Roger Corman and starring Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Michael Mark, and Barboura Morris. The film was originally released by Filmgroup as a double feature with Beast from Haunted Cave.[1][2] To pad out the film's running time when it was released to television two years later, a new prologue was added by director Jack Hill. PlotIn Hill's prologue, a scientist, Dr. Eric Zinthrop (Michael Mark), is fired from his job at a honey farm for experimenting with wasps. The founder and owner of a large cosmetics company, Janice Starlin (Susan Cabot), is disturbed when her firm's sales begin to drop after it becomes apparent to her customer base that she is aging. Zinthrop has been able to extract enzymes from the royal jelly of the queen wasp that can reverse the aging process. Janice agrees to fund further research, at great cost, provided she can serve as his human subject. Displeased with the slowness of the results, she breaks into the scientist's laboratory after hours and injects herself with extra doses of the formula. 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. He is thus temporarily missing and Janice goes through great trouble to find him, eventually taking over his care. Janice continues her clandestine use of the serum and sheds 20 years in a single weekend, but soon discovers that she is periodically transformed into a murderous, wasp-like creature. Eventually, Zinthrop throws a jar of carbolic acid at her face, and another character uses a chair to push her out of a window, killing her. Cast{{div col}}
Production{{expand section|date=June 2015}}The Wasp Woman has the head and hands of a wasp but the body of a woman—exactly the opposite of the creature shown on the film's theatrical release poster (which does not appear in the film). The film was made for an estimate budget of $50,000.[3] In 1962,[4] director Hill added 20 minutes to the film for its eventual television syndication release.[5] ReleaseAccording to Tim Dirks, The Wasp Woman was one of a wave of "cheap teen movies" released for the drive-in market. They consisted of "exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly-established teen/drive-in genre".[6] The film was re-released as part of the "100th Anniversary of Monster Movies" in March 2010.[7] SoundtrackThe Wasp Woman{{'}}s musical score, written by Fred Katz, was originally composed for the film A Bucket of Blood. According to Mark Thomas McGee, author of Roger Corman: The Best of the Cheap Acts, each time Katz was called upon to write music for Corman, he sold the same score as if it were new music.[8] The score was used in a total of seven films, including The Little Shop of Horrors and Creature from the Haunted Sea.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Reception{{expand section|date=June 2015}}The Wasp Woman received mixed to negative reception from critics upon its release. The film currently holds a 45% "Rotten" rating at the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 4.7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews.[9]Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a mostly positive 2 1/2 out of 4 stars.[10] TV Guide gave the film a negative review, awarding it a score of 1 out of 4, and calling the film "laughable".[11] Allmovie gave a negative review, criticizing the film's "ludicrous" monster costume, special effects, and low budget.[12]ParodiesOn April 6, 2008, Cinematic Titanic did a live riff on the film to a theater audience. It was released on DVD on August 7, 2008.[13] In the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Night of the Were-Mole", Muriel can be seen watching The Wasp Woman, which she describes as "her favorite show".[14] Cinema InsomniaIn 2007, The Wasp Woman was shown on the horror hosted television series Cinema Insomnia.[15] Apprehensive Films later released the Cinema Insomnia episode on DVD.[16] RemakesRejuvenatrix (also known as The Rejuvenator) was inspired by Corman's film, with some critics calling it "a 1988 version of The Wasp Woman".[17]In 1995, a remake of The Wasp Woman was produced for the Roger Corman Presents series. The remake was directed by Jim Wynorski, and starred Jennifer Rubin as Janice Starlin.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} See also
References1. ^http://www.goldenageofscifi.info/1959/wasp_woman.html 2. ^December 24, 1959 issue of The Plain Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Page 37 3. ^Alan Frank, The Films of Alan Frank: Shooting My Way Out of Trouble, Bath Press, 1998 p 65 4. ^{{cite book| authorlink=Calum Waddell| first=Calum | last=Waddell | title=Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film| publisher= McFarland & Company | year = 2009 | isbn= 978-0786436095 | page =11}} 5. ^{{cite news | url = http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960620&slug=2335436 | title=Not Yet Over The Hill -- Director of Campy 'Sisters' in Comeback| first= John | last= Hartl | work=The Seattle Times | date=June 20, 1996 | accessdate=November 1, 2014 | archivedate= November 1, 2014| deadurl = no | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141101154926/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960620&slug=2335436}} 6. ^Dirks,Tim. "Citing Website" The History of Film - The 1950s: The Cold War and Post-Classical Era, The Era of Epic Films, and the Threat of Television, Part 1. Accessed March 16, 2015,http://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html 7. ^Monster Movies Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Marathon Webcast 8. ^{{cite book |last=Ray |first=Fred Olen |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers As Distributors |origyear= |month= |url= |format= |accessdate= |edition= |series= |date= |year=1991 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location= |language= |isbn=0-89950-628-3 |oclc= |doi= |id= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=|page=40 }} 9. ^{{cite web|title=The Wasp Woman (1959) - Rotten Tomatoes|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wasp_woman_1959/|website=Rotten Tomatoes.com|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=21 March 2016}} 10. ^{{cite book|author1=Leonard Maltin|author2=Spencer Green|author3=Rob Edelman|title=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLtaAAAAYAAJ|date=January 2010|publisher=Plume|isbn=978-0-452-29577-3}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=The Wasp Woman Review |url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-wasp-woman/review/122413/ |website=TV Guide |publisher=TV Guide.com |accessdate=22 June 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web |title=The Wasp Woman (1959) - Roger Corman | Review |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-wasp-woman-v53518/review |website=Allmovie |publisher=AllMovie.com |accessdate=22 June 2015}} 13. ^Joel Hodgson’s CINEMATIC TITANIC Sets Sail Live And One Of Our Spies Was There! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news 14. ^"Night of the Were-Mole" Courage the Cowardly Dog Dir. John R. Dilworth, Stretch Films, 1999. 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemainsomnia.com/show.php#episode|title=Cinema Insomnia|author=|date=|work=|publisher=Cinema Insomnia|accessdate=20 July 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328140102/http://www.cinemainsomnia.com/show.php#episode|archivedate=28 March 2010|df=}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciwaspwomandvd.html|title=Wasp Woman DVD|author=|date=|work=|publisher=Apprehensive Films|accessdate=20 July 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920234427/http://www.thecrippledmasters.com/ciwaspwomandvd.html|archivedate=20 September 2010|df=}} 17. ^Time Capsule: Reviews of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films and TV by Judy Harris Bibliography
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