Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader (2012)

Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. The drug has an unforeseen side effect - Cassie starts to grow and grow and grow.

Director:

Kevin O'Neill

Writer:

Mike MacLean

Stars:

Treat Williams, Sean Young, Ryan Merriman

Cast

Credited cast:
Treat Williams	...	Dr. Grey
Sean Young	...	Brenda Stratford
Ryan Merriman	...	Kyle
Sasha Jackson	...	Jett
John Landis	...	Professor
Ted Raimi	...	Dr. Higgs
Roger Corman	...	Dean Hinkle
Paula Trickey	...	Ex-cheerleader
Mary Woronov	...	House Mother
Ariana Madix	...	Pledge #2
Jena Sims	...	Cassie Stratford
Olivia Alexander	...	Brittany Andrews
Angelina Armani	...	Pledge #1
Madison Dylan	...	Pledge #3
Jason Etter	...	Ryan

Storyline

Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. The drug has an unforeseen side effect - Cassie starts to grow and grow and grow.

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Plot Keywords:

cheerleader | college | giant | digit in title | giant woman | 

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Taglines:

Look at the size of those pom poms!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Horizon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When she disrobes to go into the shower, she sways her head showing the long flowing hair, and suddenly it is tied up.

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Quotes

Dr. Higgs: [upon discovering Cassie's growth] I think my aorta just crapped its pants.
Kyle: You grew again?
Cassie Stratford: [admiring her feet in the pool] My little piggies look like fat hogs! The ReNew compound must have altered my hypothesis.
Dr. Higgs: Yes, resulting in extreme gigantism.
[stepping forward to see more of her]
Dr. Higgs: It's truly amazing.
Cassie Stratford: [annoyed] Be amazed from over there, Dr. Feelgood.

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Soundtracks

"Attack Attack"
Performed by Olivia Alexander
Written by Olivia Alexander & Joey Sykes

User Reviews

Tries to Be Campy But Fails

Attack of the 50 Ft. Cheerleader (2012)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Lame take-off on ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN has scientist and average looking Cassie Stratford (Jena Sims) taking an experimental drug that turns her into a beauty. At first the drug is great because she looks good, makes the cheerleading squad and is popular but soon she sees the side effect in that she can't stop growing. You know, I've always wondered why some bad movies turn into cult classics that are fun to watch while others are just downright bad. It seems movies from the golden age of "so bad they're good" films just happened by chance. Moving like the original ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN or ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES just got lucky when they became entertaining. I really do think that if you set out to make a camp film then you always fail and here's the perfect example. It really seems like everyone thought they could just make fun of the set-up and everything would fall into place but that doesn't happen. This is a pretty lame film from producer Roger Corman who thankfully makes a cameo with John Landis, which turns out to be the most memorable moment in the film. As you'd expect, there's all sorts of cute girls getting naked but there's very little outside of this. The entire story is pretty stupid, there's no laughs to be had and there's really just nothing going on here that makes you care about anything. It's overly stupid in a bad way and this is where the film tries to be camp but it just doesn't work. I thought Sims was good in her role but one wishes she had something better to work with. Fans of Sean Young might want to check out her few scenes but she doesn't get too much to do. ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. CHEERLEADER is far from a fun movie, which is a real shame.