The giant leeches 1959 movie poster horror posters, classic. Attack of the giant leeches the film detective restored version. Just plain and simply one of the worst films ever made. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. They plant charges, blast away, and the bodies of several giant leeches come floating to the surface. The leeches also were sentient enough to know when to. As they walk away from the water, the peculiar gurgling sound of another giant leech can be heard among the reeds. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories.
Star of quirky horror films such as attack of the giant leeches yvette vickers, who has died aged 82, found a niche in the world of psychotronic movies, the film genre made up of lowbudget horror and quirky exploitation films, which could be described as bad enough to be good. At the time in our history people were terrified of nuclear weapons and i do mean terrified. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced by gene corman and directed by bernard l. All in all attack of the giant leeches is worth a watch and. This made us rely on terrible audio to figure out what was going on. Todays movie, chosen out of mild laziness for its cool runtime of only 62 minutes, is 1959s corman brothersproduced attack of the giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 film about a backwoods game warden and a local doctor who discover who that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them directed by bernard l. Its up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to discover what ungodly creature is responsible for these deaths. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget horror movie from 1959. Welcome to our ongoing field guide to 1950s horror and scifi movies and the. With mark courneyea, kerri draper, kevin preece, shawna mcsheffrey. Instead, we got two grown men in giant rubber suits, pretending to be leeches.
Attack of the giant leeches approved 1h 2min horror, scifi october 1959 usa a backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them. Attack of the giant leeches sgl entertainment releasing. Now before i give you my 411 on this old school bmovie classic, attack of the giant leeches, please allow me to present you with some filmicfacts first. One couple liz walker and cal moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker, gets taken by the leeches. The scenes in the leeches underground lair are pretty creepy. Posts about attack of the giant leeches 1959 written by monstergirl. Watching attack of the giant leeches is like skinnydipping in a swamp. The attack never befalls anyone in the scary sense and the term giant one equates to that of 30ft in length, nowhere near that estimation, and likely much close to 2 or 3ft. Overview of attack of the giant leeches, 1959, directed by bernard l. For half the movie, it was completely dark and difficult to see anything.
Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi. A remake of the film, directed by brett kelly and written by jeff obrien, was released on july 7, 2008. Watching mutant leeches suck the blood out of their captives and leave their hickeycovered bodies in a crumpled heap made the film worth watching. Kowalski, with ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, at turner classic movies. Jul 16, 2012 attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures. A slimy chiller about a giant leech infested swamp, where the leeches begin to prey on human flesh. It stars ken clark, yvette vickers and jan shepard. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan greyson, his girlfriend find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spiderlike monster. Attack of the giant leeches was one of the many giant thing movies that popped up in the 50s.
Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures. For the other half of the movie, we sat through blurry people talking. With ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet. Perhaps the cormans thought attack of the giant leeches would emulate the success of creature from the black lagoon 1954, which made enough money to generate two sequels. This is the marengo print of attack of the giant leeches and although not perfect by todays standards it is the best copy i have seen to date. Even genre fans who like to punish themselves by subjecting them to the worst material available will be hardpressed to find anything of enjoyment here. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 plot summary imdb. When an innkeeper discovers that his wife has a lover, he forces the two of them into the swamp. With michael forest, sheila noonan, frank wolff, wally campo. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 film about a backwoods game warden and a local doctor who discover who that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them. The story is set in the florida everglades where the local storekeeper, dave walker, is married to a young sexbomb named liz, who just keeps on walking all over him.
Leeches attack people in a swamp, theres also a romantic triangle subplot that has no relation to the film. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959. Kowalski, produced by gene corman, and the screenplay was. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 science fiction horror. The scene early in the film where she ignores him while rubbing lotion on her legs is hot stuff. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman part 12. It depicts yvette vickers, the sexpot who plays walkers wife, as a lecherous parasite, and the weird love triangle between walker, his wife, and. Staring shawna mcsheffrey, kevin preece, kerri draper and mike conway. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 not rated 1h 18min comedy, drama, horror 7 july 2008 canada in a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories.
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are. The film was released by american international pictures on a double bill with a bucket of blood. Bruno ve sota was a great character actor and fits perfectly in his role but thats not why anyone watches this movie, they want to see yvette vickers at her petulant. One chick looks absolutely orgasmic in the clutches of the leech monster. Sep, 2012 attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures. If you seek something larger wait for leeches 2003 a 2. In the former film, vickers is carrying on with the hubby of the wealthy woman who is turned into a giantess. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
The giant ants in the movie them and the many giant spider flicks. Dec 27, 2017 attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi. Review attack of the giant leeches 1959 atomic lagoon. These old film are like a breath of smelly air and i just love it. I seems to me while the government and scientists were telling us that nuclear power was a great hope for the future, hollywood was rife with green radioactive clouds, radioactive monsters, radioactive. Basically, theyre just a bunch of actors in plastic costumes, but director bernard kowalski hot car girl, night of the blood beast made the most of his small budget. Mutated by atomic radiation from cape canaveral, these two gigantic leeches began kidnapping unsuspecting local townspeople and draining them completely of blood. Popmatters is wholly independent, womenowned and operated. And if laziness was my goal here, i couldnt have chosen better, because it didnt leave me with a whole lot to say. However, when state game warden steve benton ken clark comes upon lems body, his face covered with marks like those that would be made by the tentacles of a giant squid or octopus, its. Actually this film although campy and cheesy was very typical of 1950s scifi. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 the last drive in. The giant leeches are the main antagonists of the 1959 american horror film attack of the giant leeches.
Therein lies the problem with this attack of the giant leeches redo from writingdirecting team brett kelly and jeff obrien. Contrast and general picture quality good though there is some. It preceded sharon stones exhibition in basic instinct by 33 years without resorting to nudity. The brain from planet arous 1957 attack of the crab monsters 1957 the killer shrews 1959 the giant claw 1957 beast from haunted cave 1959 the monster from piedras blancas 1959 invasion of the saucer men 1957 the monster that challenged the world 1957 not of this earth 1957 the shecreature 1956 the man who turned to stone. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp. I used to watch creature features with bob wilkins and he had some of the more horridly cheesy films that could be found. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about. Attack of the giant leeches on dvd 769529975830 from brain damage films. Probably best known for playing honey, the town tramp in the original attack of the 50foot woman, vickers absolutely oozes.
Why remake good films, movies that were semi to successful th. Watch attack of the giant leeches full movie free online. Attack of the giant leeches the film detective restored. Attack of the giant leeches trailer english youtube. Kowalski, produced by gene corman, and the screenplay.
But with something like this fetid retread, he argues for his wholly amateur status. Attack of the 50 foot woman star found mummified cinemablend. She worked most in the 50s doing edgy, tawdry cult films like 50 foot woman or attack of the giant leeches, which in their own way shaped the modern film era but were mostly a lot of completely. The giant leeches are the main antagonists of the 1959 american horror film attack of the giant. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. This giant is a real 9 foot giant named guadi in the film is johann petursson the viking giant was the.
Jun 18, 2015 however, when state game warden steve benton ken clark comes upon lems body, his face covered with marks like those that would be made by the tentacles of a giant squid or octopus, its. Aug 08, 2014 so, without any further spitting, lets return to attack of the giant leeches, with a sequelfriendly ending if i ever saw one, worse than a john carpenter film. As a fan of this particular film i can recommend its purchase. Anne francis, arch oboler, attack of the 50 foot woman 1958, attack of the crab monsters 1957, attack of the giant leeches 1959, attack of the puppet people 1958. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Contrast and general picture quality good though there is some softness of image in long shotscloseups very good. With she demons of the swamp as an alternative title others included attack of the blood leeches, demons of the swamp, and the giant leeches, one cannot overlook the films commentary on gender.
You can find more information regarding this film on its imdb page. The only time this attack of the giant leeches wakes up and walks erect. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. Trailer for attack of the giant leeches 1959 youtube. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 the house of stuff. Attack of the giant leeches letterboxd social film. Attack of the giant leeches all time horror classics. Funniest dogs and cats try not to laugh best of the 2020 funny animal videos duration. So what if your friends are looking at you weird and youre about to get dragged down into the ick by a giant trashbaglookin leech. I love how these things not only kill, but they bring their prey back to life for unspeakable acts. With trace beaulieu, joel hodgson, jim mallon, kevin murphy.
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them. On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane. In the florida everglades, a colony of largerthanhumansize, intelligent leeches is living in. Unfortunately, where there is one giant leech, theres probably more, so steve agrees that the best policy is to dynamite the swamp. With james best, ingrid goude, ken curtis, gordon mclendon.
When a park ranger and a small town sheriff begin finding blooddrained bodies near a secluded marsh, the horrifying truth slithers up from the depths in director brett kellys campy horror remake. But poor old dave is just a sucker for a pretty face and he just keeps on letting liz do it. The legendary yvette vickers attack of the 50foot woman stars along with jan shepard, ken clark, and some nasty giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark in attack of the giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches also known as demons of the swamp or just plain old giant leeches is one of the first examples of sweaty science fiction, set in a southern swamp where supersmart leeches by southern standards snatch up unlucky passersby, keep them alive in their underwater cave lair, and drain their blood when they get thirsty. The leeches stayed off screen for a majority of the movie, giving me hope that their design would be mind blowing. These movies attract obsessive devotion from fans who revel in films with ludicrous titles such as attack of the 50ft woman 1958 and attack of the giant leeches 1959, both of which starred vickers as a victim of the titu lar monsters. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and x the unknown. Mystery science theater 3000 attack of the giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches was one of the many giant thing movies that popped up in. And that was the lamest ecology speech ive ever heard.
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