Attack of the Giant Leeches
by Bernard L. Kowalski
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Actor: Jan Shepard, Ken Clark, Michael Emmet, Tyler McVey, Yvette VickersDirector: Bernard L. Kowalski
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 62 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Attack of the Giant Leeches
Movie Review: Camp Classic: Sexy Babe, Hairy Chested Man, and Hickeys From Hell
Summary: 3 Stars
Most bad movies are simply bad, but now and then you stumble upon one that has an odd charm--and if you are in the mood for it, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES can be quite a bit of fun.
The story is an amalgamation of every 1950s movie cliche you can imagine. Sultry Liz (Yvette Vickers) is a swamp siren and stepping out on unattractive hubby Dave (Bruno VeSoto), roaming the night and stumbling upon a dead poacher covered with hickeys from hell. Does this give her pause? Of course not, and when hubby catches Liz and her latest flame he drives them into the swap with a shotgun to teach them a lesson. It's only to scare them, and boy is he sure surprised when a couple of guys rise up out of the water wearing black plastic. When they carry off Liz and her beau, game warden Steve (Ken Clark) gets seriously involved, and pretty soon everybody in the swamp is worried, upset, and even downright concerned.
Vickers was a memorable beauty and the film shows her assets to good advantage; Ken Clark was a hairy-chested stud and the movie shows his skin as well. The rest of the cast is merely adequate at best, but they are fun, and the script is classically silly. Everybody drinks coffee. A lot of coffee. Everybody gasps in dismay. A lot of dismay. The men are butch and the women are femme. And the leeches... well, when you get a good look at them, they're pretty silly looking, but even so the movie does manage a shock or two, what with victims writhing in the leeches' lair and open-eyed corpses floating in the water.
If you're into "B" horror movies from the 1950s, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES is right up there with ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN (which also featured Vickers), a popcorn classic of its kind. Recommended for those who enjoy the genre.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Summary of Attack of the Giant Leeches
It's hard to say whether this is a low-rent Southern Gothic melodrama or a monster movie; it seems that director Bernard Kowalski couldn't make up his mind which genre to pursue. A local poacher turns up in the swamp half-dead with sucker marks all over his body. Soon after, a fat slob bartender (Corman regular Bruno VeSota) finds his hottie of a wife making out with her boyfriend and forces them into the swamp at gunpoint. From there, the two become a leech snack. When more people disappear in the bayou, the local game warden and resident scientist (isn't there always one, regardless of how remote the place is?) take it seriously and discover the monstrous bloodsuckers. Despite the grade-Z trappings of this movie, threadbare plot, and ludicrous monsters, there are still some chilling and effective moments, such as the scene where doomed victims of the leeches are left to watch in horror as their attackers approach in their lair. The mutated leeches are a result of radiation (but of course). At a scant 62-minute running time, this is some prime drive-in trash, and it's over with before you even have a chance to get sick of it. --Jerry RenshawHorror DVD Video
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