Of course as soon as he announced the films release in the trade papers, dc comics promptly sued him over the name, forcing him to initially release it as she was a hippy vampire. The wild wild world of batwoman flights, tights, and. A shameless attempt to cash in on batmans new tv and film popularity, this 1960s movie is lacking creatively, technically, and in. The jack benny program was a wildly successful radio show starring comedian jack benny that aired from 19321955 ebenezer scrooge. A mad scientist attempts to drive his captive, mike nelson, insane by forcing him to watch bmovies. A shameless attempt to cash in on batmans new tv and film popularity, this 1960s movie is lacking creatively, technically, and in any other way you can imagine. The wild world of batwoman was an obscure title until rhino video released it on vhs in 1989.
The wild world of batwoman 1966 the grindhouse effect. Sure, wild world of batwoman is on the level of some of the worst of coleman francis, but what saves the film for me are the numerous jokes leveled at the film. Batwoman katherine victor is a costumed crime fighter who leads a gang of beautiful batgirls in a neverending crusade to fight against evil with all sincerity. After resigning from the army under dadt for being a lesbian, kate kane lived a directionless partygirl heiress lifestyle until, on a dark night, a chance encounter with batman inspired her to. Warren avec katherine victor, george andre et steve brodie.
Mystery science theater 3000 the wild world of batwoman dvd. The mystery science theater 3000 1988 episode featuring the film used the original title, the wild world of batwoman, in the home video release. Mike and the bots watch a high school student fall into the depths of despair because he got caught cheating 1952. It was written, directed, produced, and edited by one jerry warren, who had either a very short attention span or a perpetual hangover, or both. Le film the wild world of batwoman 1966 vostfr admin 20170621t02. As far as i can tell, the wild world of batwoman is not a public domain title.
It deserves much more attention than the 23% user rating. Theres an infamous scene where batwoman and flanagan are having a chat while two girls in the background are inexplicably playing tugofwar with a horseshoe. Batwoman is a supposed superhero whose powers primarily consist of wearing a lowcut leotard that reveals a bat tattoo in her. Learn where batwoman comes from, and where shes going, in this oneshot prologue to the. At the 1960s height of batmania, schlock movie master jerry warren concocted this wayout tale of batwoman katherine victor with a bat drawn on her chest with eyeliner, a distaff crimefighter who, with her bat girls, is hired to protect the ajax development companys newest invention, an atomic hearing aid, from the archvillain ratfink. With katherine victor, george mitchell, steve brodie, richard banks. The wild world of batwoman 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Batwoman surprisingly gay in batman bad blood the mary sue. The film stars katherine victor as batwoman, george andre as professor g. A busty vampire katherine victor needs a scientists atomic bomb. This writeup contains some s p o i l e r s for this horrible, horrible movie. Condoning vigilantes is one thing, but even commissioner gordon draws the line at employing them.
If it werent for mst3k, i would not have seen the wild world of batwoman or even heard of it, and them tearing to shreds one of the worst movies that featured on the show made. The wild world of batwoman swings madly from setpiece to setpiece, seeming to make a conscious effort not to advance the plot in any way. She calls them into a meeting and they line up in front of her, save for one girl who seems to have problems with the concept of getting out of the pool without looking like youre drowning. While the film does have a certain dopey charm, the static camera work and inane dialog can be a chore to get through. A buzzer sounds, accompanied by a flashing light over the door, and currently going to answer the door is the most odious odious comic relief in the history of film. Heathcliff lloyd nelson, but well have plenty of time to get to know him later. Batwoman actually gets to be a lesbian openly in new animated film batman. Comics, which owned the rights to the character batman, won a huge lawsuit against jerry warren 19251988, who was forced to pull wild world of batwoman from distribution. The jack benny program was a wildly successful radio show starring comedian jack benny that aired from 19321955. Jun 28, 20 the wild world of batwoman is a bad movie, but the real problem is it also thinks its a laugh riot. Batwoman slouches into the shot and says that fitness is concluded, whatever the hell that means. Distributed by adp productions theatricalmedallion television. After the release of the wild world of batwoman wwobw from now on, director jerry warren was promptly sued by the owners of the batman character.
This is one of the last couple films that ive put on my 100 essential superhero movies list that i had yet to see. The wild world of batwoman grindhouse cinema database. The wild world of batwoman is undoubtedly one of the most outlandish superhero stories committed to film, if you can even call it that. The wild world of batwoman from the grindhouse cinema database. Batwoman, on the other hand, is a bit harder to classify into a specific genre, weird superhero comedy thing. By far its greatest accomplishment is to have survived the obvious infringement trial. The wild world of batwoman 1966 part 4 of 9 the agony booth. Jan 04, 2005 batwoman slouches into the shot and says that fitness is concluded, whatever the hell that means.
Batwoman wild world of batwoman hippy vampire character. At last batwoman is back in her own ongoing series. Mystery science theater 3000 the wild world of batwoman. The wild world of batwoman 1966 a busty vampire katherine victor needs a scientists atomic bomb, made from a hearing aid, to save a comrade. There is a plot, of sorts, involving a masked babe, her team of dancing girls, a mad scientist, an atomicpowered hearing aid and an archvillain named rat fink. And much like the emotional first minutes of up create a smokescreen over the logic of talking dogs and eternallyliving former adventurers, cheating manages to. In an attempt to cash in on the success of the wildly popular batman tv series which starred adam west as the caped crusader, director jerry warren tried to bring some of the shows humor to his movie. Definitely a cheap ripoff of the 60s batman televison show, but the sincerity of the production is super charming, and intentionally and unintentionally quite funny. Jun 10, 2006 batwoman, on the other hand, is a bit harder to classify into a specific genre, weird superhero comedy thing. There are a couple reasons that i added this film instead of a more well known, or better film. The ineptness of the production doesnt help matters.
With the wild world of batwoman, 60s schlock director jerry warren teenage zombies tried his hand at creating a sexyfunnythrilling copy of the thenpopular 60s batman tv series, and well this is the result. The wild world of batwoman was reproduced on premium heavy stock paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original. Theyll slice a penguin like a turkey unless you tell me who your new partner is. The wild world of batwoman trailer 1966 video detective. The wild world of batwoman is a bad movie, but the real problem is it also thinks its a laugh riot. The wild wild world of batwoman flights, tights, and movie. The wild world of batwoman 1966 classic horror film. With maura monti, roberto canedo, hector godoy, david silva. Brand new and rolled and ready for display or framing.
Later, the guys try to make sense of the wild world of batwoman 1966 as a scantily clad superwoman does battle with villains named ratfink and professor neon. It seems that the wild world of batwoman was cobbled together by opportunistic jerry warren on a slow weekend to capitalise on the popularity of the batman tv show. Original rare 1966 the wild world of batwoman one sheet movie poster. Cult classic, poster is in excellent shape esp for its rarity and age, measures 27x41 buyer to pay 7. After a long and drawn out court battle, warren won the suit, but added an extra scene to the beginning of the film in order to distance the picture from batman. On the island nation of coryana, anything goes for members of the criminal underworld.
The pointlesslynamed batwoman and her bevy of batmaidens fight evil and dance. The wild world of batwoman is an american science fiction superhero film directed by jerry warren not to be confused with another incompetent director named warren. Mar 20, 2012 the movie that emerged, the wild world of batwoman, would have stood a better chance had it been written by bob kanes dog. Sep 14, 2014 it seems that the wild world of batwoman was cobbled together by opportunistic jerry warren on a slow weekend to capitalise on the popularity of the batman tv show. Batwoman struggles to help her recover a mad scientists invention, an atomic bomb hearing aid, before the evil villian, rat fink, can use it for his own personal agenda. Another scene has a random man walk into a dark office, a phone suddenly rings, and he answers it and reports that everything is in order. The film was eventually released as she was a hippy vampire.
Le film the wild world of batwoman 1966 vostfr film complet. She was a hippie vampire or wild wild world of batwoman is a catastrophically bad 1966 film. One is that it was essentially one of the first fan films, or probably more accurately a. The pointlessly named batwoman and her bevy of batmaidens fight evil and dance. Man beast, wild world of batwoman, curse of the stone hand. A plot summary of the wild, wild world of batwoman 1966 is almost beside the point. The wild wild world of batwoman 1966 this is one of the last couple films that ive put on my 100 essential superhero movies list that i had yet to see. Ebenezer scrooge is the miserly old man in the charles dickens novella a christmas carol, first published in 1843.
Who he is, where he is, who he is talking to, and what it has to do with anything is never explained. Elsewhere, mike and the bots play blackjack aboard the satellite of love, and crow faces. This episodes feature is the wild world of batwoman 1966, 70min. Why this is in the movie is anyones guess, but given the general quality of the film its entirely possible the actresses just got bored and started playing with the horseshoe, and the. The movie that emerged, the wild world of batwoman, would have stood a better chance had it been written by bob kanes dog. After the lawsuit, as the popularity of the batman television series died down, warren rereleased the film under the title she was a hippy vampire. With the popularity of the batman television series, director jerry warren decided to make. The wild world of batwoman 1966 classic horror film board. Original 1966 rare the wild world of batwoman one sheet. Batwoman is called to investigate a whacked out scientist that is capturing wrestlers and using their spinal fluid to create a gill man. Jan 04, 2005 hes doing mad scientist stuff, pouring a dark liquid from a flask into a test tube. Monster venom is the hottest new bioweapon on the market.
The wild world of batwoman is a 1966 american science fiction superhero film produced, written, directed and edited by jerry warren. Theres an infamous scene where batwoman and flanagan are having a chat while two girls in the background are inexplicably playing tug of war with a horseshoe. The wild world of batwoman 1966 part 3 of 9 the agony booth. This is far from fresh it is ancient but a timecapsule of its era. In 1993, the film was featured on mystery science theater 3000, and that episode was later released on dvd by rhino. I think back in the day, in psychotronic, michael weldon said something like, very few people have seen this movie, a few more would like to. The wild wild world of batwoman reissue television. In this lowerthanlow budget scifi flick, batwoman enlists her band of gogo dancing batgirls to protect the atomic hearing aid from the rotten rat fink but when one gets kidnapped, batwoman herself must save the day. The wild world of batwoman 1966 the movie database tmdb.