{"id":94,"date":"2006-03-28T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2006-03-28T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94"},"modified":"2021-01-08T01:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T08:09:43","slug":"queen-of-outer-space-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Outer Space (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It would appear that <em>all<\/em> things are possible in space.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Poster-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Poster-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFour male astronauts (Eric Fleming, Paul Birch, Patrick Waltz, and Dave Wilcox) land on Venus, where they discover that disfigured, man-hating Queen Yllana (Laurie Mitchell) has exiled all the planet&#8217;s men, and plans to destroy the Earth. The astronauts enlist the help of the Venetian underground movement &#8212; led by scientist Zsa Zsa Gabor &#8212; to fight back against Yllana.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astronauts<\/li>\n<li>Disfigured Faces<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary points out, it&#8217;s hard to resist doing an armchair analysis of the gender politics in this &#8220;ludicrous camp classic&#8221; starring Zsa Zsa Gabor in her only notable film role (she&#8217;s prominent on the poster, yet doesn&#8217;t even play the title character). The film is pure male fantasy all the way, with the &#8220;reasonable&#8221; women &#8212; no matter how strong they purport to be &#8212; ultimately desiring a man by their side and validation of their beauty.  As Peary puts it, they&#8217;re &#8220;straight-off-a-casting-couch beautiful &#8230; sexually aggressive &#8230; and carry guns&#8221; !! Meanwhile, &#8220;those we despise&#8230; are ugly (some wear masks), hysterical, and domineering, and though they hate and threaten men, are secretly desiring their sexual attention.&#8221; The film&#8217;s &#8220;cheap special effects&#8221; are downright ridiculous, the direction is &#8220;awful&#8221;, the acting is stilted, and the &#8220;science&#8221; is corrupt; this one is strictly for fans of bad movies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult star Zsa Zsa Gabor in what was (surprisingly) her only significant film role<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-1024x456.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-128x57.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-1536x684.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor-604x270.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Gabor.png 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The disturbing masks worn by Queen Yllana and her ladies-in-waiting (reminiscent of the creepy French horror flick <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2939\"><em>Eyes Without a Face<\/em>, 1959<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"279\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-1536x670.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask-604x263.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Queen-of-Outer-Space-Mask.png 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its status as a cult favorite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052104\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16272\/queen-of-outer-space#articles-reviews?articleId=175729\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It would appear that all things are possible in space.&#8221; Synopsis: Four male astronauts (Eric Fleming, Paul Birch, Patrick Waltz, and Dave Wilcox) land on Venus, where they discover that disfigured, man-hating Queen Yllana (Laurie Mitchell) has exiled all the planet&#8217;s men, and plans to destroy the Earth. The astronauts enlist the help of the Venetian underground movement &#8212; led by scientist Zsa Zsa Gabor &#8212; to fight back against Yllana. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Astronauts Disfigured Faces Revenge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62227,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/62227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}