Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

{{Infobox film

| name = Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader

| image = Attack Of The 50 Foot Cheerleader Poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Kevin O'Neill

| producer = Roger Corman
Dan Golden

| writer = Mike MacLean

| starring = Jena Sims
Sean Young
Ryan Merriman
Olivia Alexander
Treat Williams
Sasha Jackson
Ted Raimi

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing = Yasmin Assemi
Vikram Kale

| studio = New Horizon Pictures

| distributor = Epix

| released = {{Film date|2012|8|25}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $1 million

| gross =

}}

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader is a 2012 American 3D science fiction comedy horror film directed by Kevin O'Neill and produced by Roger Corman as his first 3D production. The film stars Treat Williams, Sean Young, Olivia Alexander and Jena Sims. The film was released on August 25, 2012, on Epix.

Plot

Cassie Stratford is a plain science nerd, whose mother was captain of the cheer squad at Iron Coast University and president of Zeta Mu Sorority, so she is pressured to join both cheerleading and the sorority. However, Brittany Andrews, current Zeta President and Cheer Captain rejects her.

Cassie works in the Biology Building of the University, where she and her friend Kyle are working on a drug that turns things beautiful. In the night, Cassie steals the drug and injects herself with it. While she does become beautiful and makes the cheer squad when one of the cheerleaders is injured, she then discovers the drug has a side effect when she starts to grow taller and taller until she is a giantess.

Brittany discovers this and tries to seduce Kyle into telling her the secret, which leads to her being accidentally injected with more of the drug than Cassie and also growing into a giantess. Brittany makes her way to the stadium.

Brittany enters the stadium where Cassie confronts Brittany which leads to a catfight, Cassie wins the fight by injecting Brittany with a drug overdose of the antidote before knocking her out. Kyle then injects Cassie with the antidote and she is returned to normal. While Cassie and Kyle kiss, Brittany is shrunken to dwarf size due to the overdose and is made fun of by her fellow cheerleading squad.

Cast

{{cast listing|

Jena Sims as Cassie Stratford
Sean Young as Brenda Stratford
Treat Williams as Mr. Gray
Sasha Jackson as Jett
Olivia Alexander as Brittany Andrews
Ryan Merriman as Kyle
Ted Raimi as Dr. Higgs
Anne McDaniels as Tiff
Mary Woronov as House Mother
Paula Trickey as Ex-Cheerleader
AJ Lamas as Brandon
Brent Huff as Announcer
John Landis as Professor White
Roger Corman as Dean Hinkle
Ariana Madix as Pledge #2

}}

Production

Roger Corman stated that for each of the 350+ films he's produced, he has worked efficiently and planned them in advance. He told the Toronto Star that he hoped to premiere the film at Comic-Con in July 2012. In a compliment he paid to the actress Sean Young, Corman told her, "Sean, you were great in the picture but you were miscast. You look too good to be the mother!" This was Corman's first 3D production. The actress in the title role, Jena Sims, was crowned Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007.

During filming, both Sims and Olivia Alexander heavily promoted the film, sharing behind the scenes photos with fans on Twitter and videos on YouTube. Sims and Alexander even accompanied Roger Corman at Comic-Con while wearing their giant cheerleader outfits and also accompanied Corman at the 85th Academy Awards.

The movie was featured in the 2013 book Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie by author Chris Nashawaty.

The song "Attack Attack", sung by Olivia Alexander, is featured during the opening credits of the film. Alexander wrote and sang three songs for the film: "Attack Attack", "It's On" and "VIP." A music video for "It's On" was filmed on August 9, 2012, and is available on Alexander's YouTube channel.

Release

The film premiered at San Diego Comic-Con on July 14, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://dailydead.com/roger-cormans-attack-of-the-50-foot-cheerleader-to-screen-during-comic-con/|title=Roger Corman's Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader to Screen During Comic-Con|work=Daily Dead|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012}} It also screened at the 3D Film Festival on September 22, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katy-perry-3dff-3d-film-festival-370455|title=Katy Perry and '50-Foot Cheerleader' Featured in 3DFF 3D Film Festival|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2012}} It was formally released on August 25, 2012, on Epix.

Lionsgate released the film on DVD in 2015 with no special features. There are currently no plans for a Blu-ray release making Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader one of the few films to receive a standard DVD release without a version available in the Blu-ray format.

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