With a name like attack of the giant leeches, theres no denying what your getting into. When a park ranger and a small town sheriff begin finding blooddrained bodies near a secluded marsh, the horrifying truth slithers up from the depths in director brett kellys campy horror remake. Ryan switzer from sayreville, nj us april, 20, 2008. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about.
I guess i should start off by admitting that the original film is one of my favorite b movies. Our film from midnight releasing comes from the production of brett kelly entertainment which is a low budget remake of the 1950s movie of the same name. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Joel finally gets rid of the holoclowns servo becomes a teenager the bots discuss fashion for megalomaniacs the crew discusses their dreams. 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. The plot i thought was awesome, what could be better than giant leeches well, personally i thought the leech costumes were awesome, for 1959. Using dynamite, the 4 missing bodies are discovered and the leeches are destroyed. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi film gorillas. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 official trailer youtube.
Forrester puts a leech on franks neck instead of a nicotine patch dr. The film, giant leeches, used to be on uhf channels all the time when i was a kid just like many other films done on the show, like amazing colossal man, gila monster, beginning of the end, and others. Some of the acting from the background characters is not bad. Film historian and author david del valle introduces a collection of classic films and shares tragic and hilarious stories from hollywoods dark past. Attack of the giant leeches is a typical for its day 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 horror film wiki fandom. I put this movie in with high expectations for some reason. A slimy chiller about a giant leechinfested swamp, where the leeches begin to prey on human flesh. With mark courneyea, kerri draper, kevin preece, shawna mcsheffrey. 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.
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. She shows off her sexy legs by rubbing them with lotion in an opening scene meant to grab the attention of the male viewer. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 roger corman part 22. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing.
Giant leeches attack a bunch of hicks in the everglades. As for all these films, i must have seen leeches a million times when young, then not at all for many years till it was done on mst3k. In general, early studies classified leeches into 4 subclasses, 3 orders, 10 families. Staring shawna mcsheffrey, kevin preece, kerri draper and mike conway. The titular suckers in this roger cormanproduced squirmfest have their way with soused trappers, cheating spouses and cuckolded husbands. It is mostly notable for its appearance in a fourth season episode of mystery science theater 3000, alongside the first episode of film serial undersea kingdom. A very minor love triangle is thrown in and yvette looks hot here. 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. You also can catch yvette vickers vamping up the sleazy tart act in attack of the 50ft woman. Attack of the giant leeches trailer video dailymotion. Attack of the giant leeches series deaths fanon wiki fandom. May 14, 2009 therein lies the problem with this attack of the giant leeches redo from writingdirecting team brett kelly and jeff obrien. The plot synopsis in this article is poorly written and needs to be rewritten. In july 1992, attack of the giant leeches was featured as a fourthseason episode of the filmmocking television series mystery science theater 3000.
Aug 19, 2015 while attack of the giant leeches is one of the most memorable cormanproduced monster flicks, it wasnt particularly well received. 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 dvd, 2006 for sale online ebay. Yvette was on the verge of stardom with help from both james cagney and jim. So what if your friends are looking at you weird and youre about to get dragged down into the ick.
The are deaths in original and remake of attack of the giant leeches. After local moonshineswilling trapper lem sawyer george cisar sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. It stars ken clark, yvette vickers and jan shepard. So, attack of the giant leeches, though known as the epitome of bmovies, comes a fair way short of being a classic. But poor old dave is just a sucker for a pretty face and he just keeps on letting liz do it. The film was released by american international pictures on a double bill with a bucket of blood. Its up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to discover what ungodly creature is responsible for these deaths. Attack of the giant leeches sgl entertainment releasing. Attack of the giant leechessandbox all the tropes wiki. Attack of the giant leeches dvd, 2009 for sale online ebay. Feb 22, 2012 attack of the giant leeches in a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swam. The giant leeches are played by actors in sacklike suits made of thin black plastic and complete. One couple liz walker and cal moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker, gets taken by the leeches. Attack of the giant leeches public domain torrents.
Attack of the giant leeches trailer 1959 science fiction horror. 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 leeches attack them, and the shocked dave is arrested, accused of murder. List of deaths in attack of the giant leeches horror. Attack of the giant leeches wikipedia republished wiki 2. Attack of the giant leeches on dvd 769529975830 from brain damage films. When a park ranger and a small town sheriff begin finding blooddrained bodies near a secluded marsh, the horrifying truth slithers up from the. 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.
It was also featured on the nationally syndicated horror host television show cinema insomnia, 7 and in the second episode of season 5 of shilling shockers, a new england based television show hosted by the witch penny dreadful xiii. In july 1992, attack of the giant leeches was featured as a fourthseason. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 plot summary imdb. Soon after this, 2 more trappers disappear, the local game warden steve benton gets involved. Besides, he gets to hang out with yvette in a dark cave. 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 dvdr 2008 brain damage. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and x the unknown. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Phantom from 10,000 leagues, attack of the giant leeches, giant gila monster, killer shrews, teenagers from outer space and 5 more. The production section is is poorly developed and needs to be expanded in. Local rednecks living near a swamp in the florida everglades are being killed off one by one by giant leeches who hide in underwater caverns.
Mst3k 406 attack of the giant leeches mst3k fandom. The giant ants in the movie them and the many giant spider flicks. Its up to a park ranger mike conway and the town sheriff kevin preece to discover what ungodly creature is. Watch attack of the giant leeches movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Then there were drama films like on the beach 1959 and xthe unknown. Mystery science theater 3000 s04e06 attack of the giant leeches part 2 vidz. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 directed by bernard l. 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. Starring bruno ve sota and the always sexy yvette vickers playboys miss july, 1959 as his trampy wife. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science. While searching for illegal traps, game warden steve benton clark and his girlfriend nan greyson shepard find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body.
A film by roger corman made in the fifties is always going to be an experience this b movie has no stars except a wooden lead called clark kentwho. The leech costumes are awful but that adds to the charm of a so bad its good 50s horror film. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 lem sawyer partially drained of blood by giant leeches partially, cal moulton gradually drained of blood by giant leeches yes, liz walker gradually drained of blood by giant leeches yes, dave walker hung into rope noose by himself yes suicide, porky reed gradually. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan greyson, his girlfriend find lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. Trailer for brett kellys remake of attack of the giant leeches.
When backwoods florida shopkeeper dave walker discovers his hot but hostile wife liz. Oct 06, 2008 inside you can check out the trailer for attack of the giant leeches, an indie remake of the 1959 scifi classic. With ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 attack of the giant leeches 2008. Watching attack of the giant leeches is like skinnydipping in a swamp. Swamp creatures with a taste for human flesh populate this scifi release from roger cormans brother gene. 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.
Oct 08, 2012 vickers played the same role in attack of the 50 foot woman 1957. Watch attack of the giant leeches full movie free online. Attack of the giant leeches series deaths fanon wiki. In brett kellys remake of roger cormans 1959 bmovie classic, the horror mounts as the body count rises when residents of a small town turn up with the life literally sucked out of them. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 rare movie collector. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies.
When an innkeeper discovers that his wife has a lover, he forces the two of them into the swamp. This article is poorly developed and is missing important citations for its information. Attack of the giant leeches 2004 a bartender sends his wife yvette vickers and her lover michael emmet into a swamp where large smart leeches lurk. But though the first half of the film has a great build up and an interesting subplot the second half falls into the same old monster hunt routine. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget horror movie from 1959. Attack of the giant leeches teaser trailer bloody disgusting. The list consists the deaths occurred in original and remake of attack of the giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches 2008 plot summary 1 in a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories.
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 none none november 7, 2008 a clip from mystery science theater 3000 included on the shows anniversary dvd and web site. 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. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
The sol crew takes a coffee break and discusses how the movie. Finally, sheriff steve benton organizes a patrol to investigate the caves under the swamp, finding the lethal giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full movie youtube. A remake of the film, directed by brett kelly and written by jeff obrien, was released on july 7, 2008. Attack of the giant leeches swamp trash entertainment. Attack of the giant leeches movie trailer and videos tv. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swam. 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 trailer watch online. He and nans father dr greyson tyler mcvey realize that the people were taken by the leeches and the leeches live in caves under the swamp. Attack of the giant leeches public domain horror movies. Attack of the giant leeches directed by brett kelly.
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