Made to resemble the original Batman series (1966-1968), The Wild World of Batwoman would have been considered a blatant rip-off if it wasn't to badly brought to life. For real though, director/producer Jerry Warren was sued for copyright infringement and won the case because the film is so bad no audience of the time would ever connect it to the majesty that is Adam West's Batman.The film stars Katherine Victor as the titular Batwoman, a bubbly crime-fighter who teams up with a gaggle of fellow batwomen dressed in elaborate costumes. The plot (if you could call it that) revolves around the batwomen trying to track down a plutonium powered espionage device that's being sold to Batwoman's arch-enemy Rat Fink (Richard Banks). In reality, the film largely takes place on one dingy back-lot with the costumed women trying and failing to battle a host of barely discernible baddies.This movie is a mess. It showcases confusing writing, inept directing, grainy and unpleasant cinematography, lazy, amateurish acting, jarring editing and cheap-looking costuming. The precious few scenes that are not entirely without merit were literally lifted from other movies in the hopes that the audience wouldn't notice. The film is just a loosely strung together scenes and utterly pointless to try to decipher. It's such a lazy shoestring-quickie that when Warren won his lawsuit he re-released the movie under the title She Was a Hippy Vampire. Think about that; that's like re-releasing Iron Man (2008) under the title "The Clever Hostage" and hoping no one would realize it's the same f***ing film! It's renaming is also further proof that the plot is completely amorphous and irrelevant. But hey, at least there's dancing, lots and lots of dancing.

The Wild World of Batwoman is not quite as irredeemably awful as Manos the Hands of Fate and Monster A-Go Go, but it is a movie that is weird and terrible in every way. If it weren't 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 for one of the funniest and justifiably popular episodes. The Wild World of Batwoman is one cheaply-rendered movie for starters, the sets look unsteady and the camera work and editing are really amateurishly put together, some of the worst I've seen in any movie recently actually. The music sounds like several soundtracks for several movies spliced together, all in all it was very stock and just didn't merge with what was going on in the movie, well when something was going on. It also drowns out the dialogue a lot. The script is senseless and so paper-thin that you question whether there was one at all, and the story likewise(even now I still have no idea what the movie was about), filled with irrelevant scenes and trying to be many elements all at once. The humour is unfunny and can be seen as offensive, and the séance is overlong, unnecessary and distasteful. And the constant dancing just got on my nerves, it will bore anybody to death and you can't even call it dancing. The characters often serve no point to the story and the villains are some of the lamest and most unthreatening ever. The acting is basically people mugging embarrassingly through their lines, like with the dancing you can't class it as acting. In conclusion, terrible and gives a what on earth did I just watch feel? There is something about the badness that is somehow entertaining, but mainly because of its appearance on MST3K and how it was used. 1/10 Bethany Cox

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.

What an unmitigated mess! I know others have said something similar, but I had the same thought while watching The Wild World of Batwoman – it's like someone took portions from a half-dozen bad movies and randomly edited them together. It takes real talent to make something this bad. There is no comprehensible plot to speak of. The special effects are nonexistent. The Wild World of Batwoman takes acting to a new low. The comedy sequences are totally lame. In short, there's not one redeeming quality to be found in this movie. It's one of the first movies I've seen that the MST3K crew had trouble with.If it's as bad as I say, why haven't I rated it any lower? There are a couple of moments that save this one from the dreaded "1" rating. First, there are a few scenes that despite themselves are unintentionally hilarious. As I said, the scenes that were meant to be funny fail miserably. But some of the scenes meant to be serious are laugh-out-loud funny. Second, any movie with this much dancing by scantily clad women deserves at least a point or two.