I just watched this classic the other day for the umpteenth time. Enjoyed it even more this time around. Who cares about the incongruities, incontinuities - they define this movie. I missed this movie during its first run at my good old Dundee (ILL) Main Street Theater. But a few years later it showed up on St. Louis, MO television when I was about 11. My parents were abed, and when Allison came on scantily clad I thought "Mom, Dad - should I be watching this?" Steamy stuff. Thank God they didn't wake up and impose censorship.Someone previously (tongue-in-cheek, I'm sure) mentiioned this was his or her favorite movie along with "Citizen Kane". I had the same thought. But I've got to be in the mood for Citizen; I'm always in the mood for Attack.

ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN has two things going for it: Allison Hayes (do the math); she's definitely a stand-out in her bed-sheet bikini (IF that's what it is), even if she IS a tad "transparent" throughout most of the movie (those parts that actually FEATURE her, that is: she spends far too much time OFF screen, if you ask me). Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't her hair change color when she "blossomed?" Most of the movie's as gorgeous as the star, and the music is often Great; only the not-so-special effects tend toward Low End Laughs. Storywise, ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN is a Tragedy: the Heroine gets f---ed over by her sorry-a-- husband, then ends up dead. So much for Happy Endings...

OK, so there's this boozy hottie (Allison Hayes) who's married to this boozy hubby (William Hudson), who's messing around with this boozy floozy (Yvette Vickers), and well, things sorta get out of hand. The put-upon wife winds up having a close encounter of an absurd kind in the desert (where else?), and because of it, she eventually begins to dispel the myth that one size fits all.Of all the cheesy low-grade B-movie science fiction entries, this is certainly one of the most enjoyable, if only because it takes itself so seriously; yet it comes across with all the validity of a little kid dressed up as Mr T. for Halloween. The special effects are anything but, especially at the end when the little woman(!) offers her husband a helping hand.The acting is predictably bad, and the dialog and action hold no surprises. No doubt, you WILL laugh! This is one to savor, a true classic of the genre, for all the wrong (but enjoyable) reasons.

Ah, the 1950s. The era when sci-fi flicks depicted people either growing or shrinking. Nathan Juran's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" is a prime example. The hilariously terrible acting creates more than its share of charm. My favorite scene is when Allison Hayes jiggles the electrical pole and makes the lights flicker.So, it's just plain fun. After all, we watch these movies to laugh at them. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" would have had a field day with this movie. Ridiculous and enjoyable in every way.Also starring William Hudson and Yvette Vickers (who was found dead in her home earlier this year).