Queen of Outer Space (1958)

I liked the closing credits, which introduces the evil queen and her "posse" how is that for predicting the future!

Before the Kardashians (yes Virginia, there was such a time), there were the Gabor sisters, a trio of minimally talented*, much married Hungarian sisters with a flair for self-promotion. The most chutzpahtic of the three was undeniably Zsa Zsa, who brings her iconic Hungarian accent to the Planet of Love in "Queen of Outer Space". Briefly, a crew of Earth's astronauts are knocked off course by a mysterious beam and land on Venus, which is populated by lovely, leggy lassies ruled by the titular despot. The film is fun in a goofy, nostalgic way (remember 'lady driver' jokes?) with sufficient sexist comments to infuriate the most stoic SJW. Zsa Zsa (who allegedly was unimpressed with being surrounded by a bevy of beautiful women half her age), plays Talleah, part of a revolution against the masked queen who is planning to destroy the Earth. Special effects are a mixed bag: there are some great props borrowed from earlier, bigger-budget films and a cool 'flat screen TV', yet much time is spent running from a beeping spotlight and, as a spiritual antecedent to the 'Death Star', the 'beta disintegrator', is underwhelming. If your expectations are low, "Queen of Outer Space" is an enjoyable space-romp, with lots of pretty girls, a "Star Trek TOS" aesthetic, campy dialogue, and one of the least convincing giant spiders ever put on film. As an added bonus, you can snigger with your friends when the gorgeous Venusian says to the amorous astronaut "We don't really need any more wood". (*to be honest, I actually think Eva Gabor was great in "Green Acres").

Zsa Zsa Gabor, like all women, is from Venus in this mercifully short science fiction film that is determinedly Z grade in dialogue and production budget despite being filmed expensively in colour Cinemascope.A group of astronauts in 1985 go on a routine mission to a space station and end up in Venus. The planet is controlled by a woman leader and a "posse" (snigger) of healthy young girls with legs up to their backsides, but still strangely non – sexual in that way they are in old American films. That's except the leader who is a bit of a minger. Oh I don't know though, apart from the face the rest of her is all right. I think Americans must eat too much processed meat. The robot like acting of Gabor doesn't add much to the razor thin plot, I only give it five stars because it's science fiction and hilariously misogynistic.Just a point - this is not a parody or a joke, it's a straightforward light entertainment program of the era. There were dozens of these sort of programs made for radio and television, all with the same sort of dumb aw-shucks jokes and mindless sexism.

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!