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The Wasp Woman (1959) was a Horror - Science Fiction Film directed by Jack Hill and Roger Corman and produced by Roger Corman.

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THE WASP WOMAN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory

By Dan Day Jr. on Nov 10, 2018 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

The 1959 Roger Corman THE WASP WOMAN isn't one of the director's better films, and it's not even one of the more notable fantastic films of its period--so why did Shout Factory give it a major Blu-ray release? Because that's what Shout Factory does, and let's all give thanks that they do it. THE WA... Read full article


The Wasp Woman (1959)

By Beatrice on Dec 4, 2016 From Flickers in Time

The Wasp Woman Directed by Roger Corman Written by Leo Gordon; story by Kinta Zertuche 1959/USA Film Group Feature/Santa Cruz Productions Inc First viewing/Amazon Prime Kindly, but whacky, old scientist Eric Zinthrop is employed to collect royal jelly from bee hives for use in the cosmetics indus... Read full article


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Janice Starlin: Something's happening to me. I can't control it.


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The role of the Beekeeper played by Aron Kincaid was added after the film's initial release.
In one of the final scenes, a bottle of acid is thrown at Susan Cabot; her reaction of throwing her hands up when it strikes her is not acting, however - someone had filled the 'breakaway' bottle with water and it was so heavy that when it struck her she said "I thought my teeth had been knocked through my nose!". The fake smoke used to simulate the acid also choked her; after falling through the window, unable to breathe, she tore the makeup off along with skin, leaving a huge purple mark on her neck.
This was Susan Cabot's final movie.
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