aesgaard41 Review of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

The sexiest giant in the world!

[9/10 · 7 November 2000]

What can I say about Allison Hayes that hasn't been said before. The way she upsets a town, fills out a bed sheet, terrorizes a philandering husband... all these things make her bigger than life... whoops, too late. "Attack" is a great if under-appreciated movie that deserves more for the way that it strengthens women for what they are and not for what they should be, and for serving as a lesson for other idiots who don't respect their wives. Allison Hayes actually opens the way for more female horror antagonists of which there are so few: Angela from the "Night of the Demons" trilogy maybe the only one other off the top off my head I can think of right now. Allison Hayes being in this movie, which is most definitely the pinnacle of giantess movie next to "The Thirty Foot Bride of Candy Rock" and "Dude, Where's My Car," creates such a powerful presence in the movie that numerous guys like myself have become proverbially addicted to giant women pictures. Because of AOT50FW, there are now whole websites dedicated to posting pictures of beautiful actresses on giantess simulations; unfortunately, the majority of these sites are actually distasteful and extremely sexually explicit. Yet, regardless of the odd lunatic out there, fans still praise this movie even with all of its flaws. The special effects are crummy and the plot is ridiculous, but yet, it captures the spirit and the fear of the Atomic Age prevalent in movies of the Fifties. It truly deserves to be remade today. I just can't count the horrible Darryl Hannah version; Fifty-Foot Woman should be remade again as an apology to that horrible farce. In the Eighties, Victoria Principal, Markie Post or Emma Samms would have been more than capable of giving the title role justice, but now, either Kate Winslet or Reese Witherspoon could possibly give a remake the justice it deserves. Till then, if you can buy this original on video or DVD, keep it; it's a collector's item of one of the best movies to have come out of the Fifties.