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Watching “Queen of Outer Space” is akin to watching a 1957 Miss World contest while on hallucinogens. Plot summary: Earthmen’s rocket is knocked off course by a mysterious “death beam”, where it lands on Venus, which is populated solely by women. The women wear mini-skirted tunics, with the exception of “Queen Iliana”, who dresses like an evil, masked Auntie Mame, and “Tolleia”, beautiful scientist and rebel leader, played by gorgeous Hungarian Zsa Zsa Gabor, in a series of glamorous gowns. Zsa Zsa is carefully “posed” in every shot, particularly her long-shots, where her leg is “artfully” protruding from the thigh-length slits in her gowns. Tolleia and many other man-hungry females secretly oppose the man-hating, pizza-faced queen (MEN were responsible for her radiation-burned face beneath her mask). Tolleia utters the famous line, “I hate her–I HATE zat queen!” The Earthmen, together with Tolleia and her followers, tamper with Queen Iliana’s “Beta Disintegrator”, with which she plans to destroy Earth. It blows up, reducing her to a charred mannequin, and Tolleia is proclaimed the new queen. This film is irresistibly enjoyable, from its kitschy sets (The queen’s palace looks like a cross between a burlesque theater and a leftover set from “What’s My Line?”), to the hubba-hubba women’s costumes, to the men’s costumes, evidently leftovers from “Forbidden Planet”. Evidently, someone at Allied Artists had access to MGM’s wardrobe department! Some of Anne Francis’ “Forbidden Planet” costumes are worn by Lisa Davis, who plays one of Zsa Zsa’s compatriots. The silly dialogue, ridiculous sound effects, and a paper-mache giant beetle add to the general hilarity of this comic-book version of the battle of the sexes. Needless to say, this film has an enormous gay following. How could it not? Zsa Zsa writes in her book, “One Lifetime is Not Enough”, that her line, “I hate zat queen”, gets big laughs from her many gay friends. The lady is extremely entertaining. I may also add to the unitiated that Zsa Zsa was at the peak of her beauty in this film. It’s no wonder she had all the men in a spin. You can’t accuse her of not having a sense of humor, and she’s certainly NEVER dull!
When a spaceship from Earth has technical problems, the crew is forced to make an emergency landing on Venus. They salvage equipment from the wrecked ship and set up a camp to ponder their fate. During the night, the astronauts are awoken by miniskirted Amazon women, who order them to “bachino”, which means “move it” in Venusian. Next, they meet the fashionably attired Zsa Zsa Gabor who becomes the crew’s ally. She tells them that every man on Venus has been imprisoned on another planet by the mysterious “Masked Queen”. The Queen’s hatred of men is quite perplexing. She wants to be loved, yet she refuses the advances of one of the crewmates she so obviously desires. The suspense is overwhelming, and it keeps building until the end. Rarely has Hollywood produced such a magnificent film that has been so vastly underrated since it’s release.