giant 12-foot-long wasp with wings that fly. It's a wasp with breasts actually. It's quite an astounding thing to see". In an interview with Rubin from Kitley's Krypt, she spoke of the film: "I did Wasp Woman because I wanted to go through the Corman studios of course. My best friend, Marta Mobley, was running Corman Studios back then, and she asked me to do it. And I wanted to pass through Corman's place". Asking if Rubin was the person in the Wasp costume during the film, she replied: "No, but the wasp was incredible". In the same interview, Rubin spoke of director Jim Wynorski, and what it was like working with him: "Despicable. He hated me. He was incredibly mean and rude. Fangoria magazine was there on that set of all places, and interviewed someone who wouldn't give their name and said such mean things about me to that magazine. There were times that it was so loud on the set that I can't even hear myself to think my lines with a page and half of dialogue. It was the worst set I've ever been on in my life. The sound guy, Jeff Enden, was incredible nice to me and was a great friend. But Wynorski, he's a pig. To say I wanted to go through Corman studios, I should have looked at it more carefully. I've never had to experience anybody in my life as disgusting as him". Release The film was initially released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996 through New Horizons Home Video. The front cover artwork showed the wasp creature. In 1998, it was released on VHS through New Concorde, featuring new artwork, showing a close-up shot of Rubin, with a DVD version being released in 2004. Reception TV Guide awarded the film one out of four stars writing: "Tired plotting and terrible special effects make this one of the worst of the Roger Corman-produced, made-for-cable remakes of his 1950s shockers". Richard Jack Smith from ReelTalk.com criticized the film's direction, script, and "lame duck special effects". Obscurehorror.com gave a favorable review: "The remake watched over by previous director Roger Corman, this film does a bit better in comparison to the first film. The effects which were weak in the first movie are much better and frankly, only time and technology could have done that". References External links The Wasp Woman at Letterbox DVD 1995