The Leech Woman (1960)

Directed by

Edward Dein

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged woman finds an ancient African potion that makes her young again. She keeps using it, but the potion has a terrible cost.

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What happens

The Leech Woman is a 1960 black-and-white American horror film directed by Edward Dein, produced by Joseph Gershenon, and starring Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Gloria Talbott, and Phillip Terry. The plot follows a middle-aged American woman, desperate to be young again, who uses an ancient, secret African potion to regain her lost youth and beauty. The potion works, but only temporarily, requiring repeated usage. Produced in 1959, The Leech Woman's US theatrical release from Universal-International was on June 15, 1960. It played as a double feature with The Brides of Dracula. In 1997, it was featured as part of movie-mocking sketch TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000's eighth season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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