ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT CAMGIRL (2022) ***

2022 is looking to be the return of the fast turnaround sequel.  There haven’t been this many movies and their sequels being released within the same calendar year since the ‘40s.  There’s X and Pearl, Terror Train 1 and 2, and Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl and its sequel, Giantess Battle Attack.  

Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl is the long-awaited collaboration between producer Charles Band and director Jim Wynorski.  I can’t imagine why it took so long to get these two B-movie titans together, but it was worth the wait.  Giant babes in bikinis battling it out.  What’s not to like?  

Ivy Smith stars as a sexy, alcoholic vegan influencer/camgirl named Beverly Wood who’s so concerned about hits, likes, and endorsements that she doesn’t know her husband/manager (Eli Cirino) is banging her assistant Fuchsia (Christine Nguyen).  Her latest endorsement is for a new self-sustaining food product that could potentially cure world hunger.  It’s still in the testing stages, but that doesn’t stop Beverly from eating one of the hot dogs.  Before long, she grows to fifty feet tall, which helps her become bigger than ever before (both online and in real life).  Naturally, Fuchsia becomes jealous, eats the food too, and soon, we have brawling bikini behemoths.

Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl is only sixty-two minutes, so it goes down smooth enough.  After sitting through so many needlessly overlong movies like Pups Alone and Terrifier 2, it was a nice change of pace to sit through something that practically flew by.  However, there was plenty of room for more sex and/or nude scenes.  To make matters worse, there are scenes that fade-in and out to where a sex scene should belong.  Heck, even the nude and shower scenes feel shorter than your average Wynorski film.  On the plus side, the effects are refreshingly old school (lots of cardboard model buildings get crushed) and help lend the movie considerable charm.  Bert I Gordon would be proud.  

Not all the jokes work (the on-screen hashtags aren’t very funny), but it helps that Ivy Smith has a likeable and bubbly presence.  Nguyen is fun too as her jealous assistant who also gets a shower scene.  Cirino is just OK as the villain, but he does have the best death scene I’ve seen in a long time.  I don’t want to spoil anything, but if I ever have my druthers, that’s exactly how I want to go out.  Wynorski regulars like Lisa London, Cindy Lucas, and Becky LeBeau also turn up in supporting roles.  

Smith gets the best line of the flick when she says, “It’s horny o’clock!”