Directed by:
Nathan JuranScreenplay:
Mark HannaCinematography:
Jacques R. MarquetteComposer:
Ronald SteinCast:
Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, Ken Terrell, Otto Waldis, Thomas E. Jackson, Herschel Graham, Michael Ross, George Douglas (more)VOD (3)
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One woman – 25 pairs of shoes?!? It’s impossible not to have fun with this all-time kitsch classic which, as fans know, is actually about a very big woman with a very bad attitude. The woman is wealthy Nancy Archer, fresh from the loony bin and ticked off. Her rat of a husband has been at play while the feline’s away, putting the moves on Honey Parker and scheming about the day when Nancy’s fortune will be theirs. That day will never come – not after Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her metabolism into overdrive. Soon, Nancy’s size matches her rage. She’ll prove big girls don’t cry; they get even. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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This is a very unsophisticated B-movie, which wraps elements of science fiction around a lifeless plot about a wealthy woman, who has a morally deficient husband that just wants to get rid of her. Basically, it is just a very extreme example of how much worse a marital crisis can get when aliens get involved. ()
Someone completely dropped the ball on any special effects here, and that disappoints me. I enjoy 1950s sci-fi films known for their B-movie charm and cheapness, but this one is just too weak. There is nothing interesting to grab onto. The woman who is 50 feet tall isn't really present here, and the occasional image blending used was done better thirty years earlier. It’s too weak. ()
Across the Atlantic this is a fairly iconic film (remember the scene in Jack Rabbit Slim in Pulp Fiction?...there's a poster for that movie hanging on the wall, but that's just for the record), which owes its cult status primarily due to its truly terrible effects, which are also the only fun thing about it. The rear projections are incredibly sloppy, the figure of the giant alien even shines through with the surroundings, which was obviously not the intention of the creators. In the final destructive rampage for her husband, the same shot of the giantess walking is used several times in succession, sometimes mirrored and with a different background, and they didn’t bother at all with the proportions. Also amusing are the details of the hand, a large polystyrene (or whatever the material was) maquette that perhaps only an almost blind chimpanzee would believe belongs to a human. The effects are really bad even for their time, they look more like a parody, and somehow it baffles me that the same director made the critically acclaimed The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in the same year. Interesting fact: it's possible that Juran was ashamed of the result and that’s is why he signed this film with a different name, Joe; and one more thing amused me: at the beginning the reporter points to the globe where the mysterious flying object was seen. He speaks about Auckland, but is pointing to South Africa. Americans, they can’t see further than their nose :) ()
A monster movie crossed with a marriage drama? Why not?! Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is such goofy sci-fi trash that you never know what’s going to happen every five minutes. And that’s its biggest positive. Well, that and the comedy achieved through dumb dialogue and the officially worst special effects of all time. If you like this genre, you can’t miss it AND if you also happen to be an angry feminist, you will experience a resurrection! ()
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