The Queen of Outer Space
1958, NR, 80 min.
Directed by Edward Bernds, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Marilyn Buferd, Barbara Darrow, Patrick Waltz, Paul Birch, Lisa Davis, Laurie Mitchell, Dave Willock, Eric Fleming, Zsa Zsa Gabor.

This unintentional (I think) piece of camp features a man-hating female civilization on the planet Venus, several shipwrecked male astronauts held captive by shapely guards who look more like burlesque dancers, and Zsa Zsa Gabor as a scientist (!) and the titular queen of these Amazon women.

This article appears in April 6 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.