{"id":16888,"date":"2011-04-25T22:16:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T05:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16888"},"modified":"2021-01-23T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T02:42:19","slug":"attack-of-the-50-foot-woman-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16888","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s real &#8212; it&#8217;s real! I&#8217;m not crazy; I did see it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Poster-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Poster-96x128.jpg 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Poster.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the alcoholic wife (Allison Hayes) of a philandering lout (William Hudson) is exposed to radiation and grows 50 feet tall, she seeks revenge on both her husband and his lover (Yvette Vickers).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atomic Energy<\/li>\n<li>Homicidal Spouses<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlong with many others, Peary refers to this infamously titled <em>bad<\/em> sci-fi film as &#8220;laughable camp&#8221;, generously labeling its shoddy special effects simply &#8220;amusing&#8221; (they&#8217;re not; they&#8217;re horribly disappointing). Peary argues that &#8220;the film could be taken as a feminist treatise, in which a woman who has been suppressed&#8230; and maltreated breaks free of her bonds and, too angry to talk things out, gives her cheating husband his just deserts&#8221; &#8212; but then concedes that &#8220;most of the fun comes from watching statuesque Hayes run around in a scanty outfit&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still2.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this is actually true; the problem is that we only see her in her impressive giantess form for the last ten minutes of the movie. Until then, the rest of the film is a rather laughably B-level tale of marital infidelity, with Hudson and Vickers (a truly conniving pair of bastards, if there ever was one) plotting to murder Hayes for her money. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Couple2.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a film that one simply wishes was more fun than it is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allison Hayes lumbering on her rampage at 50 feet tall; too bad there&#8217;s less than 10 minutes of this footage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Attack-50-Foot-Woman-Still4.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its undeniable notoriety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051380\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/attack-of-the-50-foot-woman-1958.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/work\/3263\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s real &#8212; it&#8217;s real! I&#8217;m not crazy; I did see it!&#8221; Synopsis: When the alcoholic wife (Allison Hayes) of a philandering lout (William Hudson) is exposed to radiation and grows 50 feet tall, she seeks revenge on both her husband and his lover (Yvette Vickers). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Atomic Energy Homicidal Spouses Marital Problems Mutant Monsters Revenge Science Fiction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65417,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888\/revisions\/65417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}