| War Of The Colossal Beast/The Wasp Woman |
| WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST or a 60 foot monster in a Huggies! Okay this isn't a great film. But it is slightly above average. Here we have a guy who survived a fall off of the Hoover Dam after getting a couple of missles in the eyeball in Amazing Colossal Man.So he is running loose in Mexico looking for 3 square meals a day by swiping food trucks off the road.Yes, that is a mighty big diaper he's wearing too.Not sure where he finds those in his size! The effects are good for their time.The growls of the monster scared me as a kid.Although now I wonder if it is intestinal distress due to his knocking back all of those spicy tacos. Still kind of creepy as is the monsters' hideous face. The army captures him and takes him to L.A. where they stash him at LAX. Naturally he breaks loose and heads out to see the sights. But like all giant monsters he is treated rudely by the locals and suffers a tragic end.Sniff,honk.Not a classic but a decent way to spend 68 minutes. |
| THE WASP WOMAN This movie had to air 5 times a year when I was growing up in Detroit in the 60's and 70's. Anyway an aging (mercy she must be forty!) cosmetics queen hooks up with a mad scientist type.By using royal wasp jelly extracts and injections, the vain babe grows younger.Ah but it isn't nice to fool with Mother Nature! The downside is she has to wear wasp mittens and a wasp mask some nights. She also goes around eating employees and never gains a $%#@^%g ounce!But is there a subliminal message here of how we're all on the food chain for the corporate executive types?Think about that the next time your bosses give you a long look.They may wonder if you taste like chicken! Roger Corman does a bit part as an emergency room doctor.Michael Marks is quite low key for a screwy scientist.The other actors get top notch marks as well.Low budget but high on fun.Just don't watch it while you're...buzzed. |
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| "This is going to hurt.A lot". |
| Oh boy! Time for a midnight snack! |