Attack of the giant leeches 1959 scorethefilms movie blog. Overview of attack of the giant leeches, 1959, directed by bernard l. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman part 12. One couple liz walker and cal moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker, gets taken by the leeches. The film was released by american international pictures on a double bill with a bucket. Kowalski, with ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, at turner classic movies. As they walk away from the water, the peculiar gurgling sound of another giant leech can be heard among the reeds. Attack is a great one for having the ff gang over for bad movie night its as satisfying as it is dumb.
Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 just the leech grotto. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full movie youtube. Ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, bruno vesota. One response to attack of the giant leeches 1959 david csontos, on april 16th, 2010 at 5. 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. It stars ken clark, yvette vickers and jan shepard. Radiation has caused ordinary leeches to mutate into giant monsters. Im referring to classic director bernie kowalski, who not only directed this great film attack of the giant leeches, but also hot car girl and night of the blood beast before doing a hoard of cowboy and cop tv shows until just a few years ago. The creature idea for this movie is eerie, leeches, swaps and mutation, all good for a modern horror if done correct. Unfortunately for all of us, at the end of last year we lost another one of the people that made the whole bmovie scene as cool as it was. Theyre not looking for a movie with good taste, they just want people that taste good. In the former film, vickers is carrying on with the hubby of the wealthy woman who is turned into a giantess. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 plot summary imdb.
The soundtrack is very good as bmovies go and the special effects are not really all that bad, even if the leeches do look a little cheesy hey but who doesnt like. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan greyson, his girlfriend find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. Just plain and simply one of the worst films ever made. Dec 27, 2017 attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi. Kowalski not as much fun as its title might suggest, this early roger corman production features as promised giant leech mutants that suck the blood from its victims. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about. 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. Attack of the giant leeches is not on the scale of great films but it is a nice film to see. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 margalimorwentari. Through this lens, one should view 1959s schlock gem attack of the giant leeches, which was coproduced by the corman brothers, roger and gene. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 american international pictures ep. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. I love how these things not only kill, but they bring their prey back to life for unspeakable acts.
Attack of the giant leeches sgl entertainment releasing. Southernfried swamp horror with a nice touch of late 50s sleaze. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman part 22. I guess i should start off by admitting that the original film is one of my favorite b movies. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 video dailymotion. Good for chills and chuckles in the cheesy creature feature vein.
Contrast and general picture quality good though there is some softness of image in long shotscloseups very good. Certainly it is low budget, but trying to shine through the lackluster production is a film that has some good writing, few. A good cast features yvette vickers in a supporting role. It is sold as a dvd double with the wasp woman, which is a better film really but attack of the giant leeches has it bmovie moments and is recommended for cheese lovers. May 30, 2007 this film was one of a spate of monster movies produced during the 1950s in response to cold war fears. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 science fiction horror. Attack of the giant leeches in a small swampland town, people are mysteriously disappearing.
The giant ants in the movie them and the many giant spider flicks. Although she only made five movies, she still is my favorite screen floozy. Classic screams attack of the giant leeches 1959 page. 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. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and x the unknown. Attack of the giant leeches the 1959 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Nov 23, 2015 in the florida everglades, a pair of largerthanhuman, intelligent leeches are living in an underwater cave. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget horror movie from 1959.
One chick looks absolutely orgasmic in the clutches of the leech monster. Watch attack of the giant leeches online 1959 movie yidio. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full length science fiction. Attack of the giant leeches was one of a spate of creature features produced during the 1950s in response to cold war fears. A very minor love triangle is thrown in and yvette looks hot here. The attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark actor, yvette vickers actor, bernardd l. The guy in a giant leech suit is fun but then, have you ever known a guy in a giant leech suit who wasnt fun. Attack of the giant leeches has yvette vickers, bruno ve sota and a cast of roger corman regulars in swamp land getting the blood sucked from oversized leeches. Posts about attack of the giant leeches 1959 written by monstergirl. The rest of the movie is fun but this is the stuff that generations of nightmares are made out of. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 trailer watch online.
In the florida everglades, a colony of largerthanhumansize, intelligent leeches is living in. The film does move slow, so those accustomed to more modern pacing might have to adjust expectations. These old film are like a breath of smelly air and i just love it. The giant gila monster horror movie 1959 widescreen, complete duration. May 06, 2016 arries movies dont forget to like and subscribe. Kowalski on allmovie this hysterical drivein favorite pits a. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 just the leech grotto scenes. The film does move slow, so those accustomed to more modern pacing might have to. A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible. It has a short running rime of only 62 minutes which gives it a nice pace to the film. The film was released by american international pictures on a double bill with a bucket of blood. But poor old dave is just a sucker for a pretty face and he just keeps on letting liz do it.
Attack of the giant leeches 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Unfortunately, where there is one giant leech, theres probably more, so steve agrees that the best policy is to dynamite the swamp. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full length science. In the florida everglades, a pair of largerthanhuman, intelligent leeches are living in an underwater cave. Attack of the giant leeches alexander laszlo trilogy. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 free streaming video. Included here is the playboy gatefold for july 1959 with the lovely miss vickers playing some records. Rumor has it that there is a new breed of swamp leeches that have grown to immense proportionsand when bodies are found drained of blood and covered in giant sucker wounds, it seems that the gossip is true. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer sees a giant creature, people start. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 the last drive in. The music was made with a b3 theremin, and fl studio, in a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 pitch black 2000 ambush bay 1966 the postman 1997 rocketship xm 1950 planet of the apes 2001 omega doom 1996 morons from outer space 1985 nightfall 2000 the day the earth stood still 1951 a bridge too far 1977 i am legend 2007 lifepod 1993 children of the stars 2012 jennie. The leeches also were sentient enough to know when to. 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 is a 1959 film about a backwoods game warden and a local doctor who discover who that giant leeches are responsible for. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp. 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. This film was one of a spate of monster movies produced during the 1950s in response to cold war fears. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Jul 16, 2012 attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures. Attack of the giant leeches alexander laszlo trilogy 1959. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman youtube. Jan 31, 2016 a musical tribute to the film attack of the giant leeches 1958. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi film gorillas. In the florida everglades, a backwoods poacher stumbles upon a bizarre creature while tramping through the swamps. 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.
Attack of the giant leeches 1959 bruno vesota and yvette vickers in attack of the. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced by gene corman and directed by bernard l. Kowalski, produced by gene corman, and the screenplay was. Ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, tyler mcvey, bruno vesota, gene roth 1959, 62 minutes, directed by. Ive included honorable mentions to those who starred in at least one film and perhaps a few science. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 3b theater poster archive. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 12 out of 4 remake of the 1959 drivein cult classic has pretty much the same plot as giant leeches in the swamp are sucking the blood out of locals so a wildlife expert and his girlfriend try to figure out whats going on whenever theyre not arguing. Kowalski, produced by gene corman, and the screenplay. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 original trailer on vimeo. In the film a character speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full length science fiction b horror movie cedricamal. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 directed by bernard l.
Legendary cult filmmaker roger corman has directed over 50 films and produced nearly 400 more. Top comments attack of the giant leeches does not have any comments yet. I used to watch creature features with bob wilkins and he had some of the more horridly cheesy films that could be found. Leeches attack people in a swamp, theres also a romantic triangle subplot that has no relation to the film. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 3b theater poster. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures.
Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and xthe unknown. Vickers is at her sleaziest, sexiest best as the local storekeepers unfaithful wife. 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. A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the. Attack of the giant leechesis an independently made 1959horrorsci fi film produced bygene cormanand directed bybernard l. They plant charges, blast away, and the bodies of several giant leeches come floating to the surface. Dec 30, 2017 attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi.