What makes it different from others?

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I've seen my share of superhero movies, but The Wild, Wild World Of Batwoman makes Catwoman look like Citizen Kane. Think I'm exaggerating? 1) Batwoman looks like Lady Gaga crossed with an aging Las Vegas showgirl. The strange costume, the nose mask, the large bat tattoo on her chest. No back story, no secret identity, no superpower of any kind. Basically a den mother for a bunch of go-go dancers. I mean, dancing Batgirls. Lamest. Superhero. Ever.2) Her Batgirls do, well, nothing except look hot, do a lot of dancing, and get kidnapped. None of them would make the first round of So You Think You Can Dance.3) The main villain Ratfink looks like El Santo the Mexican wrestler crossed with Zorro. Not very threatening. Even one kidnapped Batgirl yawns when he threatens to destroy the other kidnapped Batgirls.4) The mad scientist Dr. Neon looks like Dr. Clayton Forrester and talks like Ghandi. His big drug to use on the Batgirls...makes them dance. As if there isn't enough dancing in this film.5) The henchmen. Bruno is a bore, but the worst is Tiger. Tiger looks like the lost spawn of Lou Costello and Joe Pesci. What's with him constantly kidnapping that one Batgirl? Is he that desperate to get laid? He says she's the best dancer, but she dances like all the other Batgirls in the movie.6) And what's with the Batgirl holding Tiger's hand at the end? He kidnapped you. Twice. He drugged you. Twice. He tied a rope around your neck like a dog on a leash. And you go ballistic when he (deservedly) falls into the pool? If he looked like Brad Pitt or George Clooney, I'd understand. But he's just doughy and stupid.7) The overlong, useless séance scene. Who decided that we needed to hear a spirit that speaks "Chinese"?8) How cheap are the filmmakers that they steal, I mean, borrow scenes from The Mole People?9) Batwoman's lair is...basically a home that looks like it was borrowed from sitcoms filmed in California.10) Something about guarding a hearing aid. A freaking' hearing aid. My uncle, who's hearing impaired, uses a hearing aid. And no dancing Batgirls are guarding it. So what's so special about this hearing aid?11) The beginning of the film with three women, who are not even in the film after the credits roll, get in touch with Batwoman by...drinking yogurt? 12) While Batwoman is speaking with a representative from the AYJAX Development corporation (pronounced like AJAX but spelled with a Y), two Batgirls behind them are pulling on a horseshoe. I kid you not.13) Ratfink turns out to be the CEO of AYJAX. Lamest. Villain. Ever.14) A robbery turns into a murder. And what do the Batgirls do? Call Batwoman, who in turn calls police. Didn't it occur to them to maybe fight the bad guys? Basically they're the Go-Go Dancing Neighborhood Watch. A suburban dad's dream and a housewife's nightmare.If you must see this film, watch the MST3K version only.

If you are a badfilm fan like myself, you might want to view this film. But I would definitely recommend sticking with the MST3K version with Mike and the Bots.I don't feel that it is fair to compare this movie with something like Manos: The Hands of Fate. That is a totally different ball of wax. That was trying to be a straight-ahead horror film, and is funny because it is not remotely scary, is loaded with the incompetence of a completely inexperienced filmmaker, and filmed on a budget of two cents.This movie, IS, in fact, trying to be bad on purpose. You know, because that's FUNNY. The Batman television show was something of a sensation when it originally came out. It's combination of comic book ridiculousness combined with straight-faced acting and a pop-art graphic design made the whole idea a verifiable hoot and a TV ratings juggernaut, at least for a second.Enter z-grade, low budget movie auteur Jerry Warren, leaping with all his might on to the Batman bandwagon with The Wild World of Batwoman. The idea that "camp" could actually work creatively thus proved by the Batman TV show, Warren attempts the same idea, even down to the tribute to (ripping off of) the Batman character itself with Batwoman.But attempting to create something self-consciously "camp," described by the old trope "so bad it's good" is a very dangerous task. The creative types working on the Batman TV show were experienced Hollywood hands, who knew what they were doing, of much greater talent than Mr. Warren and his company of rather unimpressive thespians, most of whom are young women chosen for their ability to pleasingly fill out a bikini (one of the most aesthetically pleasing parts of the film). When attempting to create on purpose something that is funny because it is incompetent, or "wild" or "Crazy" or "out there", you are walking on a very narrow tightrope. And Warren and his crew fall off that tightrope time and time again. Making fun of outlandish comic book heroes and villains (or similarly, those from the old Hollywood movie serials) can be a ripe target for parody, or let's not give Warren too much credit, plain old goofing. (He never even approached the level of sophistication required in order to use the word satire.) But all we get here are jokes that fall flat, unfunny parodies, lame situations, and tired and laboring attempts at slapstick. Slapstick, or physical comedy, is a form that usually gets little respect from those who fancy themselves film aficionados, but it can be done with vigor and effectiveness (The Three Stooges) or even balletic grace (Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin). However, Warren and his actors provide a limp, incompetent version of physical comedy that involves no thought at all. If a choreographer was used for these physical routines, he must have been dead for several years. Someone else mentioned K. Gordon Murray, and this movie did have the same feel as one of his cheapo dubbed Mexican imports in spite of the movie being shot in California in English...not surprising since Jerry Warren earlier did a few films such as Curse of the Screaming Werewolf or something, which was a Mexican horror film cut together with a few new scenes Warren shot with Lon Chaney Jr. (Got to see that now, but I'm sure it's an unholy mess.)About the only way to extract some entertainment juice from this leaden stone of a movie is the layering of Mike Nelson and the Bots on top of the whole rancid cheese on their Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. Some of the funniest one liners in MST3K history grace this presentation as Mike and his pals try to make sense of the truly nonsensical goings-on unspooling in front of their unbelieving eyes. But watching the film without their japery is truly a teeth-grinding waste of 88 minutes.Score: Film alone: 2 out of 10. MST3K version: 8 out of 10.

Wild World of Batwoman, The (1966) * 1/2 (out of 4) Infamous film from director Warren had the man sued by Marvel and this film, at one time, re-released as SHE WAS A HIPPIE VAMPIRE but it's the title here and the clear rip-off of Batman that has made this thing live for so long. The story is all over the place but we've basically got Batwoman (Katherine Victor) going after the evil Rat Fink (Richard Banks) who also had a nutty scientist (George Mitchell) working for him. I was somewhat shocked to see that this movie was ranked in the Bottom 100 at IMDb for several reasons. One is that this is the only Warren movie there. The second reason is that there are so many more movies out there worse than this one. I'm really not sure why this film has gotten so much special attention but I'm going to guess it's because Batman fans are checking this thing out and seeing a pure "Z" grade picture. I can understand someone familiar with "A" pictures to hate this. It does contain horrible acting, horrible direction, horrible outfits, a horrible plot and any other job title could have horrible before it. However, as someone who has seen many Warren film, this one contains something the others don't and that's an attempt at telling a story. Yes, the story is all over the place, makes no sense and at times will have you lost but at least it tries, which is a lot more than you can say for the director's other films. This one here also has more than just one long dialogue sequence after another. We've actually got quite a bit of action ranging from fights to some silly guns being waived around. Again, this isn't too common for a Warren picture. One of the silliest things here is the scientist who has created a "happy" pill that his girls to girls so that they will dance and do a few other things. These dances are so crazy that you can't help but laugh and the music they're dancing to certainly wasn't rock 'n roll from 1966 but seems to be about fifteen years late from its target audience. What's even sillier is the scientist who has an assistant who is mildly retarded due to an experiment that went wrong. The politically incorrect role was silly but at the same time it had me laughing. Again, all of these things make for an awful movie but at the same time they keep the film moving and make it rather fun to watch. If you're a fan of bad cinema then this here is certainly one of the all-time great bad movies. Warren would take a fourteen year break from filmmaking before jumping back onto the scene with the downright horrid FRANKENSTEIN ISLAND. It's really too bad he didn't go out with this sucker as it pretty much contains everything bad you'd expect from a movie like this. Just don't take it too serious, sit back and laugh.

This is without a doubt one of the best "Worst" movie I have seen. It is sooo funny that I laughed so hard I cried!! I was embarrassed for the entire cast who must have at some point thought they were making a legit flick...now they are cast in history as one of the wackiest casts to hit the screen...EVER! Watch the scientists helper making goofy faces....watch the batgirls fight over what appears to be a horseshoe at a party....poolside go-go dancing...and mole people just on the other side of the beach....!! Its got to be seen to be believed! If you don't see this flick you will really be missing one of the all time "Best" of the worst! I have put this movie on at parties and it is always a crowd pleaser....! My only hope is that this movie would be colorized for future audiences...I would really love to see Batwomans garb in color!