Such a frustrating disappointment

not as good as all the hype

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I don't think I've seen this gem since it was first on tv in the mid-60s. There's plenty of cool stuff: a unique type of flying saucer, which has the requisite 'propulsion system' on display, a remote desert location, with a collection of hick locals, a less-than-jolly giant alien, the giantism an effect of that magic elixir, radiation, and even some references to worldwide 'sightings' of the spaceship.What messes it up for me is the plot; also the tone seems off. If you ditch all the giant stuff, it might just make a decent low-rent crime drama. Selfish jerk and girlfriend scheme to get his wife's money by bumping her off. Maybe instead of growing into a giant--thanks to her alien connection--suppose the wife just goes nuts? That possibility is hinted at; and then she sets about turning the tables on both Harry and Honey.The alien giantism deal just becomes a convenient means for Nancy to get her revenge without filling out her role dramatically. On the other hand, as straight sci-fi, you could add more alien scenes, maybe using some of the other locations mentioned, to build up the suspense for the alien's flying saucer to show up in the desert. As it happens, the majority of the plot revolves around the love triangle. Nancy doesn't 'grow' into her role until the last third of the movie.The tone issue is more of a problem. Some people enjoy the Barney Fife-like deputy, but he just seems to soak up time. In such a short movie, time is better spent on the sci-fi or love triangle scenes. If he's got to be there, ok; but let him redeem himself by dying while trying to save someone. The 50-foot woman just brushes him aside as does everyone else.I agree with others that Harry's an idiot for taking up with the airhead Honey. His wife, whether crazy, alcoholic, or tall as a light pole, is much more fetching, and has more personality as well. Another silly choice occurs as the sheriff and the servant approach the flying saucer; the sheriff doesn't listen to the suggestion to get help from outside because "we don't know what we're up against". Isn't that the best reason to call in help?The special effects are uneven; the flying saucer, inside and out, is much more convincing than Nancy's giant hand flailing about in her bedroom, not to mention the alien's equally cartoonish hand poking around in his first encounter with Nancy. On the other 'hand', when Nancy is on the prowl for Harry, her hand looks real in what must be a dollhouse set. All of her destruction at the hotel is pretty well done. The movie ended too abruptly. I would've liked the flying saucer to do a drive-by; there needed to be more closure on the sci-fi plot. Fifty foot tall or not, Nancy's simply dead. She could've killed Harry and Honey by conventional means and somehow still gotten electrocuted without being a giant.I still enjoyed the movie. Not to be missed for fans of 50s sci-fi; otherwise, not such a big deal.

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.

Happily, this thoroughly disarming, ridiculous, totally entertaining guilty pleasure is now available on DVD and I'VE GOT IT! Indeed, I just recently re-watched it and once again had a truly super time with 'B' favourite Allison Hayes doing her over-the-top womanly thing. More flawed than a politician's justifications for past misdeeds, it does nevertheless possess a chilling music score coupled with some neat black and white cinematography. Indeed, Hayes is almost pre-transformation believable when not being undercut by the ridiculous dialogue. A fifties treasure from a poverty row studio, this cheesy enterprise may be more holey than righteous, but it should not be missed by addicted aficionados.

This movie is fun mainly for the over-the-top characterizations of a neurotic socialite whose slimy husband is cheating on her with the most vulgar floosie in town.The storyline is beyond strange...A giant human-like alien touches the neglected woman and thereby causes her to grow to 50 feet tall. Er...OK.Hysterical in nearly every previous scene, our heroine remains inexplicably mute about her bizarre transmutation, wanting only to channel her new-found strength into rubbing out her spouse and smooshing his paramour. Her work in these regards complete, it seems somehow tragic to see the giantess killed in the final frame. (Hadn't she suffered enough?)I looked up the extremely voluptuous actress who played Nancy on Wikipedia and was surprised to learn that this former Miss America contestant died as an invalid at age 47, apparently the victim of a similarly peculiar fate!