Nancy Archer (Attack of the 50ft Woman, 1993)

## **Nancy Archer**

Nancy Archer is the protagonist of the 1993 movie *Attack of the 50ft Woman*. Although this movie is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, only the 1993 movie will be included in this page as no transformation is shown in the original.

Portrayed by Daryl Hannah (also known for playing Madison in *Splash*), Nancy Archer is a young woman struggling in her mariage to Harry Archer. Harry frequently cheats on Nancy and belittles her. Following an encounter with a UFO, Nancy suddenly grows one night whilst arguing with her husband and father.

## **Attack of the 50ft Woman - Plot**

The film begins by following a tour group at a memorial museum dedicated to Nancy Archer. The patrons are shown a film with Dr. Loeb, who explains that the events surrounding Nancy Archer were true. Nancy was an heiress to her mother's fortune. Her father, Hamilton Cobb, hopes to use the money to gain control over the town they live in. Nancy sees her psychiatrist, Dr. Cushing, about her low self-esteem and bad marriage to Harry Archer. Her husband frequently spends time with a beautiful mistress, Honey Parker, the town beautician, together with whom he discusses his plans to steal the family's business away from Nancy's father. Despite her attempts to confront Harry, Nancy cannot express her anger in a healthy manner, allowing both her husband and father to take advantage of her.

While driving one night out in the desert, she sees a UFO, which shines a bright light at her. Even though she knows she will be the town's laughing stock, she also knows what she saw was real. She finally convinces Harry to accompany her on another night time drive in the desert, but the UFO is nowhere in sight. Suddenly, the ship descends from the sky. Getting out of the car for a closer look, Nancy is trapped by a bright light and disappears along with the UFO. Harry quietly returns to town and does not even report the kidnapping to the local authorities, Sheriff Denby and deputy Charlie.

A dazed Nancy is later found atop Honey's salon and is brought home. Her father is suspicious that Harry left her out in the desert while Harry denies any wrongdoing. Harry accuses Hamilton of neglecting his own wife after she was locked away at a sanitarium. As the two men argue, Nancy loses her temper, shouting that she can speak for herself and her mother. Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, she begins to grow; her clothes tear and rip as her head goes smashing through the ceiling into the attic.

The next morning Nancy is relocated to a large stable. There she is introduced to Dr Loeb. He observed a hormonal surge that occurred during Nancy's growth. Scared, Nancy asks that he find a cure, while keeping it a secret. Unable to convince her to move to a "controlled, therapeutic environment", Dr Loeb explains to Harry that Nancy's condition is unique and precarious. The strain of her heart to sustain her new size would make any stress too dangerous for her. This gives Harry an idea to get rid of her.

As she grows, Nancy becomes more self-confident and strong-willed, empowered by her new strength over everyone else. Eventually, she invites Harry to dinner and discuss her physical, mental and emotional growth. She thinks it will make their marriage stronger and she has a number of other ideas. However, Harry speculates that more stress will overload her heart and blood pressure and that she will die, leaving the family business and its money to him.

Harry, pretending to be unhinged by Nancy's suggestions (but carrying out his plan to overload her heart so that she dies), deliberately insults and angers her so much that she faints from the stress, crashing into the stable. Escaping to Honey's salon, he celebrates Nancy's apparent death by offering her Nancy's diamond necklace. Nancy wakes up and searches through the town for Harry. She passes a drive-through theater showing the 1958 *Attack of the 50 Foot Woman*.

Finding Honey and Harry, she grabs Honey but spares her, telling her she doesn’t have to act stupid. Harry hides under the desk in pure fear. He crawls away, feeling more scared then he has ever felt; Nancy is back for revenge. Trying not to scream or cry, he runs to his car. Nancy follows him and dumps him in her hand. Capturing Harry, she flees into the desert with National Guard helicopters pursuing her. Stopped by some high voltage power lines and confronted by her father and the authorities, she asserts herself and announces her father's ambitions to buy out the town using her money.

Due to a miscommunication from the sheriff a sniper on the helicopter shoots Nancy. Taking a direct hit, she falls onto the power lines, but is rescued and taken away (with Harry still in her grip) by the UFO, proving her claims were real.

The crowds disperse, with Honey making a business agreement with Hamilton. Dr. Cushing explains to the press that wherever Nancy is, she now has Harry all to herself. Inside the UFO, Harry is forced to undergo therapy with two other men under a tiny dome, watched over by Nancy and two other giantesses, and the spaceship flies away into the night.

## Transformation Scene

As Harry and her father argue with each other, Nancy gets upset. She insists that she can speak for herself, but is suddenly cut off when she feels her wedding ring beginning to tighten on her finger. It bursts off just seconds later, and she falls back into her chair in shock. Next, her necklace slips upwards, before the chain breaks and it falls down into her cleavage.

Nancy gasps and looks down at her shoe, which splits across the center and down the middle, letting her toes out. Her breasts begin to grow, and strain against the buttons of her dress. Her belt then bursts off, and her dress tears open at the front and begins to show her bra. Several of her buttons burst open, showing even more of her chest, and she slowly rises from her chair.

Terrified, she asks what’s happening to her, but Harry, Hamilton and Dr. Cushing are left speechless. Her sleeves slip up her arms as she moans a little, and her bra becomes too tight. The clasp is undone, bursting open, and the front of her dress fully tears open to reveal her chest. Her head bursts through the ceiling, completing Nancy’s growth.

## Photos and Videos

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