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Sunday, Jul 3, 1994
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman plus Surprise Feature
"SEE a female colossus...her mountainous torso, skyscraper limbs, giant desires!" Drive-in fare often provides fast-food for thought, and so it is with this sci-fi gem that proves that diamonds are not always a girl's best friend. Heiress Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes) is caught in that movie netherworld, "the age of maturity"-too old for a Philadelphia Story ice maiden and too young for Norma Desmond's entrancing decay. Nancy's "giant desires" are ignored and abhorred by her philandering gigolo husband, Harry. And nobody believes her when she says she's had a desert close-encounter with a baldheaded giant-until she takes on new proportions herself. SEE patronizing male doctors and scolding super-ego newscasters! SEE Nancy break out of her Thérèse Desqueyroux-like house arrest and push over a phallic electrical tower! We're rootin' for her. The truly scary woman is Harry's coldblooded mistress Honey (Yvette Vickers, Playboy's Miss July 1959). Followed by a surprise treat-a classic fantasy of the all-powerful woman. (c. 90 mins)
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