Short Attention Span Review - Attack Of The 50 foot Cheerleader (2012)

I first heard of this movie at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con. It was at a panel with Bill Shatner and Roger Corman and, among all the other awesomeness, Corman was pimping this film (he is the producer). It sounded…well, it sounded like a movie about a 50 foot tall cheerleader.

I was browsing through Netflix the other day, saw that they had the film and decided, “why not; how bad can it be?”

Cassie (Jena Sims) is a brainy college student who takes an experimental drug designed to enhance beauty. She does this in order to join the college cheer squad, to be accepted at a sorority and to fulfill her mother's (Sean Young) expectations. At first, the drug works and she becomes increasingly popular (as well as increasingly busty). However, the drug causes her to grow to enormous size (50 feet).Her rival - screechy Britney (Olivia Alexander) - is also injected with drug, grows rapidly and confronts Cassie during a football game, where the two titanic babes wrestle for a while. Eventually, everyone is returned to normal(ish) size. The end.

Sasha Jackson setting a high bar for hotness.

This is a pretty innocuous movie. There’s some nice nudity, a few moments of humor, more moments of attempt-and-fail humor, and serviceable low-budget effects. It does have a gratuitous shower scene, which always goes into the plus column. The acting is pretty bad, although Sasha Jasckson as Jett, Cassie's spunky, oversexed alt-girl roommate is okay, as is Ryan Merriman as Kyle, Cassie's research partner. Treat Williams (remember him?) is moderately amusing, chewing scenery as the head of the corporation that sponsored the development of the drug who wants to experiment on Cassie. The pacing is slow at points, as we watch Cassie going through the motions of rushing a sorority. And Jena Sims is way too hot, even in "plain girl" guise (basically, glasses and some latex zits). I guess that's why it's called suspension of disbelief.

I wouldn't watch it again; but, if you are in the mood for a throwback to exploitation/drive-in fare of the 60s and 70s, Cheerleader isn't bad. You can check it out below on YouTube.