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The Wasp Woman

1959 · 61 min · Director: Roger Corman, Roger Corman ★ IMDb 4.8 · 6,230 ratings

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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.

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The Wasp Woman (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
25%Disturbing
20%Anxiety
  1. Fear35%
  2. Disturbing25%
  3. Anxiety20%
  4. Disgust10%
  5. Tension10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Anxiety. Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Curiosity
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 48 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension32 %29 %22 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 5′Curiosity38 %30 %33 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity49 %27 %48 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity50 %21 %49 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 14′Humor44 %16 %40 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 17′Humor42 %17 %39 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity42 %25 %39 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 23′Sympathy42 %31 %36 %11 %
42.5 %≈ 26′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
47.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity45 %23 %38 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 32′Tension45 %36 %37 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity47 %43 %37 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 38′Sympathy44 %38 %32 %15 %
67.5 %≈ 41′Tension38 %33 %26 %12 %
72.5 %≈ 44′Humor36 %30 %26 %12 %
77.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity44 %39 %34 %22 %
82.5 %≈ 50′Tension60 %58 %40 %42 %
87.5 %≈ 53′Tension73 %73 %36 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 56′Tension78 %77 %24 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 59′Tension77 %76 %16 %64 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

SC
Susan Cabot

SC
Susan Cabot

Janice Starlin

AE
Anthony Eisley

MM
Michael Mark

MM
Michael Mark

Dr. Eric Zinthrop

BM
Barboura Morris

BM
Barboura Morris

Mary Dennison

WR
William Roerick

WR
William Roerick

Arthur Cooper

FG
Frank Gerstle

FG
Frank Gerstle

Les Hellman

BV
Bruno VeSota

BV
Bruno VeSota

Night Watchman

RG
Roy Gordon

RG
Roy Gordon

Paul Thompson

CH
Carolyn Hughes

LC
Lynn Cartwright

LC
Lynn Cartwright

Maureen Reardon

FW
Frank Wolff

First Delivery Man

LM
Lani Mars

Nurse

PB
Phillip Barry

Second Delivery Man

GC
Gene Corman

Mr. Barker

AK
Aron Kincaid

Beekeeper

Roger Corman

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Details

Written by
Leo Gordon, Kinta Zertuche, Leo Gordon
Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
61 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.8 · 6,230 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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