The Wasp Woman(1959)
1959 · Roger Corman · 61 min
The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
Science Fiction · Horror
4.5123 votes
TMDB score
1/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is The Wasp Woman?
Watching this feels more like enjoying a goofy old monster movie than being scared. The pace is slow and talky for long stretches, with a cheap-looking creature only showing up now and then to shake things up. It leans on a silly transformation idea rather than real dread, so it plays as light, campy fun instead of anything upsetting. Good for fans of old-school B-movies who want a laid-back, so-bad-it's-fun night rather than genuine scares.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Wasp Woman rates psychological 1/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 1/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 1 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 10 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, talky build-up about corporate drama gives way to short bursts of monster-movie mayhem only in the last stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3.
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