JLRVancouver In the inverted universe of 'bad movies', "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" is outstanding. Wealthy but unbalanced Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes) is twice accosted in the desert by a giant alien. The second time he thoughtfully returns her home, but only after relieving her of the most valuable diamond in the world, which she was wearing around her neck. Meanwhile, her womanising husband Harry (William Hudson) is making time with trollop Honey Parker (Yvette Vickers, whose actual demise had a B-flavour), who is encouraging him to have Nancy committed (or worse), so as to take over her fortune. This being the late 1950s, satellites and radiation are plot devices, and Nancy has mysterious radioactive marks on her neck (presumably from the alien's larcenous fingers), which seem to cause her to suddenly enlarge. Now immense and furious (and inexplicably blond), she breaks out of her house clad in a bedsheet bikini to hunt down Harry, leading to the titular attack and not unexpected denouement. The short but entertaining micro-budget film has all of the quicks and flaws that make 'bad movies' so endearing. The special effects are dire (see IMDB 'goofs section for details), most notably: the iconic giant rubber hand (hairy when the alien's, with nail polish when Nancy's), and the poor matteing that results in a semi-transparent giant Nancy and a semi-transparent giant alien (who, like the Coneheads (1993), seems to be from France, judging by the fleur-de-lis on his breastplate). The unsubtle acting and hackneyed characters are classic B-movie, with an often hysterical Nancy, smooth, two-timing Harry, conniving floozy Honey, and semi-competent cops with little sense of safe gun-handling. With a short running time (66 minutes), the film doesn't outstay its welcome and is eminently watchable (and rewatchable), which is the sign of a great movie, no matter how bad it is. One of the true camp-classics.

Leofwine_draca ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN perhaps has one of the most famous titles of all the science fiction films made in the 1950s, but having just watched it, the film is an undeniable disappointment. At just over an hour in length it's a film that drags interminably, and only features some brief snippets of giant-sized action, mostly confined to the last ten minutes.The rest of the story is pretty boring, it has to be said, and the regular-sized cast members are quite dull. The titular character is a cuckolded wife who goes gunning for her husband and his mistress, only to encounter a UFO in the desert. The special effects used to transform her into a giant are tacky but fun, as is the interlude inside the UFO with a couple of yokels, but for the most part this is strictly so-bad-it's-good entertainment.

azerman18 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.

SnoopyStyle Rich socialite Nancy Archer encounters an alien UFO with a giant while driving on a desolate road. Her husband Harry Archer is cheating on her with Honey Parker. None of the cops believe her but they still have to investigate because of her wealth and power. Some suggests that she should go back to the sanitarium. She drags Harry out to search for the UFO. The giant takes her while Harry gets away. He tries to run away with Honey but the sheriff is suspicious of the missing Nancy Archer. They find her and put her away into the sanitarium. There she grows to be a giant 50 foot woman.This is more notable for the poster art and the amazingly cheesy title. There isn't anything quite like it. Others come close like 'Snakes on a Plane' or 'Sharknado' or 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes', but this one has the best title of them all. As a movie, this is strictly B-movie horror material. The special effects are almost laughable from the terribly fake giant hands to the badly done optical effects of the giants. The acting is kind of interesting. These actors are trying so hard and taking it so seriously. Sometime they overact, but they never let the silliness of it all take over. It's safe to say that this is a classic bad movie.