Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Directed by

Bernard L. Kowalski

Genre

horror film, independent film, science fiction film, monster film, science fiction horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 02m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 85 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Giant blood-sucking leeches terrorize a small swamp community. A local game warden investigates mysterious disappearances and fights the creatures.

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What happens

Attack of the Giant Leeches (originally titled The Giant Leeches) is an independently made 1959 black-and-white science fiction-horror film produced by Gene Corman and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. It stars Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota, and Jan Shepard. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film was released on October 1, 1959 by American International Pictures on a double bill with A Bucket of Blood. (It was retitled Demons of the Swamp for its U.K. release.) In some areas Leeches played on a double bill with the 1960 Roger Corman film House of Usher. Attack of the Giant Leeches was one of a spate of "creature features" produced during the 1950s in response to Cold War fears; a character in the film speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by atomic radiation from nearby Cape Canaveral. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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