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. Yvette was on the verge of stardom with help from both james cagney and jim. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 is a monster horror, scifi movie starring ken clark and yvette vickers. A slimy chiller about a giant leechinfested swamp, where the leeches begin to prey on human flesh. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer george cisar sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. 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 blobs. When police refuse to believe daves story, he hangs himself. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 the last drive in. 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. 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.
Attack of the giant leeches sgl entertainment releasing. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 american international pictures ep. Classic screams attack of the giant leeches 1959 page. I also have the madacy double bill with wasp woman which, although a little dark in places, is not a bad print. 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. Attack of the giant leeches, like many low budget bmovies of the 50s, went by a lot of names over the years. The rest of the movie is fun but this is the stuff that generations of nightmares are made out of. 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. The story is set in the florida everglades where the local storekeeper, dave walker, is married to a young sexbomb named liz. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. The story is set in the florida everglades where the local storekeeper, dave walker, is married to.
A very minor love triangle is thrown in and yvette looks hot here. Although she only made five movies, she still is my favorite screen floozy. But poor old dave is just a sucker for a pretty face and he just keeps on letting liz do it. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, tyler mcvey, bruno vesota, gene roth 1959, 62 minutes, directed by. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and xthe unknown. Publication date 1959 usage public domain topics leeches, corman, horror language english. Laut hbo wurde dieser film im jahre 1959 freigegeben. Kowalski on allmovie this hysterical drivein favorite pits a. Its horror unimaginable as enormous, bloodsucking leeches are grabbing swamp folk, who have a rarified taste, and storing them as food stock in underwater caverns. Attack of the giant leeches is not on the scale of great films but it is a nice film to see.
While searching for illegal traps steve benton ken clark and nan greyson, his girlfriend jan shepard find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. Attack of giant leeches 1959 vintage movie poster stock photo. 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. In a community nearby a swamp, a local dweller sees a couple of giant monsters. 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. 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. One response to attack of the giant leeches 1959 david csontos, on april 16th, 2010 at 5.
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. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 trailer watch online. The guy in a giant leech suit is fun but then, have you ever known a guy in a giant leech. Robot mike favorite favorite favorite favorite february 3, 2007 subject. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about. 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. The main reason to watch these monsters attack is to laugh at the garbage bag style effects and youll without a doubt spend most of the films short 60 minute running time giggling at the. The story is set in the florida everglades where the local storekeeper. Attack of the giant leeches public domain torrents.
It has a short running rime of only 62 minutes which gives it a nice pace to the film. One couple liz walker and cal moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker, gets taken by the leeches. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan greyson, his girlfriend find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman youtube. With ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet. Ken clark, yvette, vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, tyler emmet. The hero is dull, but interesting in that he is a game warden who actually cares about the animals and the environment under his charge.
Overview of attack of the giant leeches, 1959, directed by bernard l. 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. Swims up to 30mph strong enough to pull down a boat under water with three heavy people arms covered with suckers and hooks and hands with sucker mouths to devoured blood they can devoured all of their blood from victims in seconds. Watch attack of the giant leeches 1959 prime video amazon uk. When an innkeeper discovers that his wife has a lover, he forces the two of them into the swamp. 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 alexander laszlo trilogy. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman part 12. Attack of the giant leeches the 1959 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Attack of the giant leeches didnt earn any sequels, but apparently was good enough for a remake in 2008which says a lot about remakes. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced by gene corman and directed by bernard l. 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. The film that keeps calling my name is an old favorite, attack of the giant leeches. I guess i should start off by admitting that the original film is one of my favorite b movies. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget horror movie from 1959. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 original trailer on vimeo.
Attack of the giant leeches 1959 free movie online. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 just the leech grotto. Kowalski, with ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, at turner classic movies. In this sweatsoaked early aip cheapie, the giant leeches are shaped like robby the robot covered in slime and vixen yvette vickers is shaped like the hourglass youd expect from playboys playmate of the month, july 1959. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced. Honey eyed yvette vickers was the toast of the town back in 1957 when her two most famous cult movies were made attack of the 50 woman and the giant leeches. Ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard mysterious disappearances and the strange circumstances surrounding them grip the swamp patrolled by game warden steve benton ken clark.
Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard. Activer les soustitres pour voir le film en vostfr. Sometimes it was called attack of the blood leeches, demons of the swamp, she demons of the swamp, or just playing old the giant leeches. Through this lens, one should view 1959s schlock gem attack of the giant leeches, which was coproduced by the corman brothers, roger and gene. A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the.
Southernfried swamp horror with a nice touch of late 50s sleaze. The giant leeches 1959 by monsterkingofkarmen on deviantart. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 video dailymotion. It had been nearly ten years since the last time id seen it, so late in july i gave in to my deepest and most depraved urgings, hopped on my bicycle, and raced to the library to check it out again. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 directed by bernard l. Save for one serious, heartbreaking scene, leeches is all about laughing along with the movie as the predictable plot winds down and plays off all the cliches in the book.
You also can catch yvette vickers vamping up the sleazy tart act in attack of the 50ft woman. Attack of the giant leeches is one of my 50s favorites, too. 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. Just plain and simply one of the worst films ever made. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 3b theater poster. A good cast features yvette vickers in a supporting role. Included here is the playboy gatefold for july 1959 with the lovely miss vickers playing some records. Watch attack of the giant leeches online 1959 movie yidio. In the florida everglades, a colony of largerthanhumansize, intelligent leeches is living in an underwater cave.