Queen of Outer Space
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Movie Reviews of Queen of Outer Space
Movie Review: An Ignored Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
When one considers all of the UGLY "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" space aliens who are ugly and helpless or completely malevolent, it is refreshing to know that Zsa Zsa knew how to be a BEAUTY-ful space alien who was neither helpless nor malevolent. And a scientist!
Star Trek could have gone this way, with all space aliens of the 1960s-1990s dressed in gowns and acting civilized, but....
OK, so the actors playing the astronauts were too dorky for words, but science fiction was young when the film was made....
I actually watched the ENTIRE movie, something I have not done with more than a handful of movies for about 15 years.
If Zsa Zsa were younger....
Movie Review: Laurie Mitchell
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember in the early 1960's waking up on Saturday mornings in New York to catch the Sci Fi flicks on Ch.9. They used to run Queen Of Outer Space
frequently.This dvd features a commentary by Laurie Mitchell which was fantastic.Laurie Mitchell acts out some deleted scenes not shown in the film and let me tell you "The Queen" has still got it!!! A must for Sci Fi fans Indeed.
P.S.To see Laurie's "Real Face" Watch The Adventures Of Superman, Season 5
episode 5 "The Man Who Made Dreams Come True"! VaVoom!!!
Movie Review: One of the best B-films!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie in an art houe in New York, many years ago now, and just laughed and laughed. Watching it at home was just as funny. Of coure it's not a comedy, but it is just so bad that it works as one. I suppose my favorite parts are the costumes, and the really silly plot. This movie was made on a budget and you can really tell; I probably spend more on groceries than they did on this movie. If you love old sci-fi b-films, you'll love this.Movie Review: It's frosting
Summary: 5 Stars
Pink frosting.
Chock full of lo-fi technogrunge samples, too. 2nd only to Grave Diggers from Outer Space, this one's got the dayglo. Thrift-shop sets, decaf dialogue, a certain mystique nevertheless.
Zsa-Zsa, plastic Rubinesque, proto-Raquel, queen cream. 100% perfection woulda included her guest (villian) spot on Batman's final episode but whatever, only Mae West coulda trumped this.
Cupcakes!
Movie Review: Zsa Zsa's Mystique
Summary: 4 Stars
Fifty years ago, Zsa Zsa Gabor was a household name in entertainment. To
this day I'm still mystified as to why. Sure she had a classic kisser,
and a pronounced Hungarian accent, which caused her to utter cutsey quotes partly because of the communication gulf and partly because of the
ditzy blond persona. But what did she do? Sing, juggle, tell jokes, dance or act? How about none of the above. At least not until Queen of Outer Space. This is a suitable vehicle to showcase Ms. Gabor's talent.
If you're wondering what that might be, it's posing in front of the camera.
The premise of the picture amounts to a backhanded compliment to women.
It's tantamount to Flo Ziegfeld running amok. However, this picture is
not without it bright spots. It is admireably filmed in vibrant color,
with lots of mini-skirt clad beauties used to improve the meager scenery.
The movie begins with disappointed crew, ordered to transport a scientist
to an outer space station. They grudgingly obey the stern command with
the promise of a future shot at a more glorious endeavor. The farewell
scene is rich, with the playboy ladies-man navigator holding up the launch because of an extended make-out session with one of his many "girl
at every launch site" fans bidding him adieu. They decide to use footage
of a rocket launch, clearly demonstrating the violent energy used in get-
ting something like that airborne. The gal is close by waving bye-bye
sufferring because her careful coiffure is tossed about by the force of
the propulsion. Other than that she's O K! The crew does a great job in
simulating G-force by making faces one would associate with the potty.
The story heats up when the ship is shanghied to Venus and the all male
crew discovers the planet is populated by former beauty pageant winners
from their own planet earth. The women speak English, naturally, but
there's the occasional bossy babe barking out "bachino", which we believe
is Venusian for "move it". The men find the women generally hostile, how-
ever the crew can avert certain death if their captain can be nice to the
mask wearing attention starved Queen Iliana. He fails. Zsa Zsa, in the
interest of restoring normalcy to Venus, comes to the rescue and saves the
day.
The real villain in this picture, is not the wicked Queen, but radiation.
That's right, it's the cause for most all reversals in 50s sci-fi, horror
films. In this case the Queen was dosed with enough of it to putrify her
puss, and set her off against the opposite sex with a vengeance. Con-
versely the hero is portrayed by a woman, an unusual role departure for
this brand of sexist clap-trap.
I can recommend this movie to those who wonder about what Zsa Zsa did, and
to the fans of egregiously awful 50s flics.