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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Release : | 1958 |
Rating : | 5 |
Studio : | Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc., |
Crew : | Property Master, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Allison Hayes William Hudson Yvette Vickers Roy Gordon George Douglas |
Genre : | Drama Horror Science Fiction |
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Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater
From my favorite movies..
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
After seeing a giant in the middle of the highway, Nancy Fowler Archer (Allison Hayes), terrified, attempts to convince the Sheriff and her husband Harry Archer (William Hudson). She gets nowhere, with her bad mental history shadowing her theory. Meanwhile, Harry, is cheating on her, who is only married for the money, compromises to check her theory. More events follow and soon, a giant woman comes into the story-line. With poor visual effects (mind you, it is 1958) it doesn't help that the story ,overall, is quite dry and I found myself somewhat bored for the first-half or so. But it picks up, the story and effects. The dreary plot picks up a lot and is actually very interesting. The acting is good by all of the actors, none standing out in particular. And the effects are REALLY GOOD and could still fool the current-day viewer. The movie has a great ending which will not disappoint, although some of the pieces/dialogue in the film are not good. But, it is a recommended movie to watch for the visual effects (which would've stood out in 1958, and can still be good now) but, be prepared, it can be tedious in parts.
A poorly done and rushed movie to say the least. I perfectly understand that the visual effects of 50's sci fi movies are nowhere near to what they are like today. But however,even for the 50s, the visual effects were awful. I would put it in the same sentence with Plan 9 From Outer Space. First off, when a movie is in an hour long but it feels like three hours, there is something wrong with it. She doesn't mutate until the final 15 minutes of the movie. There are things in the movie I question such as how a 50 foot woman can fit in her own bedroom. There is also a problem with consistency. Nancy appears to be different sizes throughout the movie. She is also at times transparent and nontransparent, which the movie makers didn't care about. The alien on the ship appears to be a stitched up old man and it is comical. I understand that it is a cult movie, which is supposed to be a movie that is so bad to the extent that it is good, but there is no point in seeing the movie. There is no element in the film that awes the audience.
Allison Hayes plays the title character, a spurned woman named Nancy Archer, whose husband Harry(played by William Hudson) has been unfaithful to her, having a repeated affair with Honey Parker(played by Yvette Vickers). When she has two bizarre encounters with a UFO(manned by a giant) she finds herself growing to(you guessed it) 50Ft. tall, going on her "attack" in the last few minutes, trying to get Harry and Honey for revenge, before the police shoot her. Not a Bert I. Gordon production, though just as shoddy and inept, only more so this time. Only good for laughs, though attractive Allison Hayes became something of a "B" movie queen.
One of the great camp classics of all time, Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman has a special place in the hearts of all those who love bad science fiction. But even bad science fiction is always made palatable by a little sex.Allison Hayes is breathtaking in the starring role, she's quite an eyeful in normal proportions. Hayes plays a dipsomaniac heiress stuck in a bad marriage with a no account rat played by William Hudson who has Yvette Vickers on the side. Hayes is fresh from the sanitarium where she's gone for a cure.Given that background her report of a large satellite and an encounter with a big giant emerging from said satellite is greeted with skepticism. But Hudson sees her ravings as a way of getting out of the marriage with a large settlement one way or another.But Allison will not be denied. When she through encounter with the giant's radioactivity grows to his size, it's look out world for a 50 foot woman scorned.I'm sure Allied Artists made a pile of drive-in money off this one. And Allison Hayes got a career role out of it as well.