Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Nayan Gough
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
buckikris
I understand this film was made in the late 1950's, but PLEASE. It begins with a group of astronauts on a mission into space. Something goes wrong and they end up on the planet Venus. One of the hottest planets in our solar system. In this movie it can sustain life. Once they land they scout around, but can't find anybody at first. They they come across a group of women who is led by this masked queen. Once they meet their leader they wonder where are all the men. Supposedly she has banished them to another planet, but has kept some for scientific experiments. The queen is not to fond of men because they love war and at one time disfigured her face. So she has become quite clear what she plans to do. Along with her fellow loyal followers she has planned to destroy Earth, but one thing stands in her way. Women who hate her, Zsa, Zsa Gabor, and other's who want to escape her wrath. This movie is so filled with sexiest references, I could not believe it. I did like the giant spider scene, even though it was comical. In a nut shell there isn't much to this movie except laughs, it did get a fair rating; and I'm surprised it was a 4.6. I gave it a 4, because it is comedy gone wrong, as for science fiction not much to it. So if your into a cheesy mood, watch this.
AaronCapenBanner
Zsa Zsa Gabor stars(but does not play the title character!) in this unbelievably stupid, poorly made science fiction film(a failed satire of the genre?) A manned spaceship flight to Venus finds it populated exclusively by beautiful women, under the reign of tyrannical queen Yllana, who hates men, and was responsible for leading the revolt against them, exiling the survivors to a penal colony on the moon. Some Venusian women want the men back, and so team up with the astronauts to take down the queen, and stop her from destroying the Earth with a "super weapon" as well. May be good for some camp value, but that is all this turkey is worth.
DedmondG
Again, this was NOT the horrible, awful, campy or just plain bad movie that so many reviewers here state and, the 4.3 rating that is given here is totally unfounded! In my opinion, this movie should had gotten no less than a 6.I too watched this film hoping for a "good laugh"—I'm happy to inform you that I was sorely disappointed in that respect. Sure, the plot—strangers get stranded in a distant land and help an oppressed people overthrow a tyrannical ruler—has been done over and over and over again but, so has Shakespeare! Zsa Zsa Gabor actually delivers an impressive performance as Talleah, as does Eric Fleming as Capt. Patterson and Paul Birch as Prof. Konrad. And, Laurie Mitchell is very believable as the bitter, inwardly tormented, wicked queen. The dialogue written for and delivered by Patrick Waltz and, even more so, Dave Willock is a bit corny and cartoonish but, they serve mainly as the film's comic relief.The special effects are nothing short of cheesy but, what do you expect from a low budget 1950's sci-fi flick? Also, there has been mention of the "sexism" in this movie. Although the females are scantily clad (by 1950s standards), they still are not portrayed in your standard pre-1970s sexist roles! All in all, NOT the movie I had come to expect and, for that, I am glad!
classicsoncall
Well for me, I guess this is what you'd call a bonus day on Turner Classics - as they screened "The Cosmic Monsters" followed in quick succession by "Queen of Outer Space", neither of which I'd seen before, thus gluing me to the TV for a span of three hours. As 'Queen' progressed, it became pretty apparent to me that the story was an updated version of 1953's "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" for a host of reasons. For starters, even though the name of the A&C romp has 'Mars' in the title, they actually wound up on Venus by way of New Orleans and the Mardi Gras. In both stories, the planet is ruled by women who have spurned men and banished them from their world. It would probably be a toss up between Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mari Blanchard as to who was the more beautiful co-star, but overall, I'd have to score one for A&C for having the better looking array of female Venusians. Theirs looked like they walked off the set of a Miss Universe contest, while the gals here were definitely cast for their gams and not their faces.One of things that really blew my mind here was seeing Eric Fleming in the picture as Captain Neal Patterson of the astronaut team. It's hard to imagine how coming off of this flick he would have been tapped to ramrod herds of cattle across the West in 'Rawhide'. In fact, I can't imagine how any of the principals managed to do this with a straight face. The sets are incredibly cheap looking, the Venusian backdrop is totally art deco, and the dialog is interchangeable with any Frankie and Annette beach flick from the following decade.You could probably put together a pretty long list of the incredibly goofy stuff going on here. As far as I could tell, the story takes place in the way distant future of 1979, since it was mentioned the American way station in outer space was built twenty two years ago in 1957. Since the picture came out in 1958, I was literally astounded to see the Queen's flat screen TV operated at one point by the Captain with a remote! My question - how come it took so long for us to get them?! Now if you're watching the picture with a critical eye, not something I'd recommend mind you but nevertheless, you'll marvel at the incredible coincidence of the hijacked astronauts landing on a planet where they don't need pressurized suits or an oxygen supply. What a lucky break! Then there's the whole business of Queen Yllana (Laurie Mitchell) looking to blow up Earth with that Beta-Disintegrator gizmo. When she finally got around to it, she kept punching that red button like one does on an elevator that fails to respond the first ten times. With all that, we never got to find out why the thing malfunctioned turning her into a crispy critter.You know, if you think about it, there's a natural progression in film making when you start connecting the dots here. You had that 1953 Abbott and Costello film, and then you had this one serving as a connecting bridge to that landmark of television Sci-fi - 'Star Trek'. The female crew members of the Enterprise got by on pretty much the same colorful mini-skirts that the women on Venus did, and Captain Kirk was just a more sophisticated version of Lieutenant Larry Turner (Patrick Waltz). With that in mind, I'd have to agree with Professor Konrad (Paul Birch), who at one point in the proceedings opined - "It appears all things are possible in space."
