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3.0 out of 5 stars
Corman double feature doubles the pleasure!, June 5, 2001
This review is from: The Wasp Woman - Attack of Giant Leeches (DVD)
Susan Cabot is The Wasp Woman, a fading beauty who runs a cosmetics firm and tries to recapture her youthful good looks with an experimental formula of wasp enzymes. She becomes younger and lovelier with each treatment, but the formula has unpleasant side effects--she turns into a wasp-like creature (a werewasp?) with a murderous bent. This early Roger Corman film was Cabot’s sixth and last role for the incredible movie-maker (he’s produced/directed more than 300 movies!) This movie was remade in 1995 for cable TV, and in the new version, the special effects were better but the story was pretty much the same.
Yvette Vickers has a starring role in Attack of the Giant Leeches, another early Corman epic. The leeches stalk the Florida Everglades, attacking unwary inhabitants and sucking out their bodily fluids. The special effects in this one are laughable. The leeches are guys wearing outfits with suckers stuck on, but the natural special effects of Ms. Vickers makes up for a lot!
This DVD is inexpensive, with few bonus features. There’s a preview of a coming attraction, Lady Frankenstein, trailers for the two features, short scene indexes, and a Popeye the Sailor cartoon. Image and sound quality are pretty good. Not bad for the money!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Let's All Just Thank God For Roger Corman!!, June 24, 2003
This review is from: The Wasp Woman - Attack of Giant Leeches (DVD)
Without Roger Corman, classics like these would not exist! Wasp Woman is one of the best schlock-o-ramas ever filmed! Susan Cabot injects herself with "royal wasp jelly" serum in order to regain her youth. She looks beautiful, but is turned into a homicidal maniac in a silly looking "wasp" mask. Her "claws" are basically black, fuzzy gloves with what look like styrofoam nails glued on them. This only adds to the fun! "Attack Of The Giant Leeches" has it's own gooey charm. Giant leeches grab all the hillbillies they can carry, and store 'em in a secret underwater cave-lair. Yvette Vickers sizzles and fries up the screen every time she appears! I'd recommend this movie just to see her! She's married to a fat guy who catches her in the arms of his "good friend" Cal. The best scene is when chubby-hubby forces the two lovebirds into the local swamp at gunpoint. Pay no attention to the men in those hefty-bag leech costumes! Just watch Yvette and all will be well...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great drive-in fun!, December 30, 2003
This review is from: The Wasp Woman - Attack of Giant Leeches (DVD)
It was a real treat watching this DVD! I enjoyed the authentic drive-in setting, although they could have thrown in some refreshment stand ads that would have completed the experience. The only thing I found annoying was the starting of the movies on that animated drive-in screen. I could have done without that. The movie prints themselves are in decent shape, or at least par with other copies I have seen of these movies. The only other beef I have is the green tint of the wasp woman. For ten bucks I thought this was quite a steal, and I will definitely investigate other titles in this series, however good or bad they may be!
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