People or objects that hang on unwittingly may be known as leeches. I never turn down the chance to check out a film from the very humble beginnings of drivein giant american international pictures. Overview of attack of the giant leeches, 1959, directed by bernard l. Attack of the giant leeches by bernard kowalski bernard. One couple liz walker yvette vickers and cal moulton michael emmett, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker bruno ve sota, gets taken by the leeches. Swamp creatures with a taste for human flesh populate this scifi release from roger cormans brother gene. Ken clark was born on june 4, 1927 in neffs, ohio, usa as kenneth donovan clark. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 video dailymotion. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing attack of the giant leeches near you. Theres plenty of giant leeches, and they do attack at regular intervals. Kowalski, produced by gene corman, and the screenplay.
Attack of the giant leeches is a low budget 1959 science fiction film from american international pictures, directed by. 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 2004 a bartender sends his wife yvette vickers and her lover michael emmet into a swamp where large smart leeches lurk. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 3b theater poster archive. Kowalski, with ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, at turner classic movies. Enemies are hostile creatures that respawn when players rest at a bonfire or upon death. The attack never befalls anyone in the scary sense and the term giant one equates to that of 30ft in length, nowhere near that estimation, and likely much close to 2 or 3ft. Alexander laszlos garish score for symphony orchestra evokes a mood of screeching panic rather than anything so subtle as suspense or dread. Media in category attack of the giant leeches the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 some country folk and local officials find out that a string of disappearances is due to a horde of giant leech like creatures.
During the 1960s like many other american actors clark went to italy appearing in several sword and sandal films, spaghetti westerns and eurospy films beginning with re manfredi 1961. I know leeches sometimes attack fishes and frogs, but they usually have a strong preference over warmblood animals such as buffalo. No doubt it is at least 1 foot long, when its body is fully. Watch attack of the giant leeches 1959 prime video. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 classic horror film board. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 trailer watch online. Watch attack of the giant leeches full movie free online. Killer fish is a 1979 italian frenchbrazilian horror film directed by antonio margheriti the mastermind behind a precision theft of priceless emeralds decides to hide the jewels at the bottom of.
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. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard feature horror, scifi film gorillas. Instead, go after such seminal cinematic stool samples as not of this earth, from hell it came, or attack of the giant leeches. 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. Watch attack of the giant leeches 1959 prime video amazon uk. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The leeches attack them, and the shocked dave is arrested, accused of murder.
In the florida everglades, a colony of largerthanhumansize, intelligent leeches is living in. Attack of the giant leeches didnt earn any sequels, but apparently was good enough for a remake in 2008which says a lot about remakes. He was an actor, known for attack of the giant leeches 1959, none but the lonely spy 1964 and missione speciale lady chaplin 1966. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 full length science fiction b horror movie cedricamal. The schlocky horror picture show attack of the giant leeches tv. Ken clark, yvette, vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, tyler emmet. Attack of the giant leeches cast and crew fandango. Nigel honeybone presents the 1959 movie attack of the giant leeches on the vortexx. Finally, sheriff steve benton organizes a patrol to investigate the caves under the swamp, finding the lethal giant leeches. May 14, 2009 ill confess right upfront that ive never been that big a fan of attack of the giant leeches. When a drunken hillbilly sees a giant monster actually a stuntman draped in a canvas in the swamps, he is easily dismissed. Attack of the giant leeches was one of their first and one of my first from the company, and i havent forgotten it. 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. The following is the supplementary data related to this article.
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. Ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard, michael emmet, bruno vesota. It stars ken clark, yvette vickers and jan shepard. They have a taste for blood, and thankfully, enough yahoos willing to stray too close to the water to feed their need yes, a couple were forced into their watery grave at gunpoint but that was adultery so it doesnt count. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 public domain flix. Certainly it is low budget, but trying to shine through the lackluster production is a film that has some good writing, few plot holes, and exhibits an actual knowledge of the subject swamps, critters, rednecks who.
Nigel honeybone, graham garfield barnard, mark spain, nikki vukas. Cheapskate theater released an hd download of the film on june 7, 2016, featuring a new introduction by toby radloff and radloff outtakes and bloopers. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. After a local drunk shoots a monster in the swamp, people start disappearing. Attack of the giant leeches 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. 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 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. However, you quickly realize the sound is actually a close friend you havent seen in years, eager to join your camp, carrying another case of. We performed observation throughout sardinia italy, covering the. They must have sucked the blood right from this movie as well because even though attack of the giant leeches clocks in at only an hours running time, it makes for pretty dull and uninspired watching.
Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced by gene corman and directed by bernard 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. Region code, region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. I put it in the category of one of those movies with a fun concept that you really want to like a. As a fan of this particular film i can recommend its purchase.
If you seek something larger wait for leeches 2003 a 2. Attack of the giant leeches is an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science. 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 one of my 50s favorites, too. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 american international pictures ep. Users who like midnight tyrannosaurus attack of the giant leeches figure remix users who reposted midnight tyrannosaurus attack of the giant leeches figure remix playlists containing midnight tyrannosaurus attack of the giant leeches figure remix more tracks like midnight tyrannosaurus attack of the giant leeches figure remix. Attack of the giant leeches horrortheque public domain. 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 1959 the last drive in. Little do they know, that there are giant mutant leeches living in a cave under the water, storing their still living victims for a constant supply of blood.
Contrast and general picture quality good though there is some softness of image in long shotscloseups very good. Yvette was on the verge of stardom with help from both james cagney and jim. 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 disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Most of studies on the hostparasite interactions involving leeches and. In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp. The film was released by american international pictures on a double bill with a bucket of blood.
Giant leech is an enemy in dark souls and dark souls remastered. Southernfried swamp horror with a nice touch of late 50s sleaze. 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. Midnight tyrannosaurus attack of the giant leeches. Attack of the giant leeches 1959 ken clark, yvette vickers, jan shepard. After localmoonshine swilling trapper lem sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing.
You can turn on attack of the giant leeches, close your eyes, and be entertained by the soundtrack alone. Batracobdella leeches, environmental features and hydromantes. Special enemies that do not respawn are classified as bosses, mini bosses or invaders. During this period clark had the lead in attack of the giant leeches 1959 and 12 to the moon 1960. 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. The original attack of the giant leeches was the king of cheese, with the champion of all time cheese still, when the muscle bound hero has a gun in one hand and a skimpy dressed, shapely blonde in the other. Attack of the giant leeches is a 1959 monster movie coproduced by roger corman, about. Attack of the giant leeches sgl entertainment releasing. A fabulously awful scifi flick featuring yokels besieged by humongous leeches residing in the florida everglades. Throwing out his own original ideas for independent macabre, he went back to the roger corman trough and slurped up the story of a small town terrorized by a bunch of mutant annelids. Just plain and simply one of the worst films ever made.
All critics 1 rotten 1 if i really want to watch attack of the giant leeches, then why wouldnt i just watch the original. 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 full length science. Although she only made five movies, she still is my favorite screen floozy. Attack of the giant leeches is a lowbudget horror movie from 1959. The rest of the movie is fun but this is the stuff that generations of nightmares are made out of. 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 an independently made 1959 blackandwhite science fictionhorror film, produced. 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. The word leech carries a pejorative meaning that describes anyone or anything with parasitical qualities.
Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed. One couple liz walker and cal moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband dave walker, gets taken by the leeches. Watch attack of the giant leeches online watch online anytime. Through this lens, one should view 1959s schlock gem attack of the giant leeches, which was. Leeches attack people in a swamp, theres also a romantic triangle subplot that has no relation to the film. A good cast features yvette vickers in a supporting role. While searching for illegal traps steve benton and nan. 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 disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police dont believe them directed by bernard l. And the original was not the classic science fiction style of the problem solving characters in the forefront. Attack of the giant leeches, dvd, manufactured on demand, scificlassic, 644827231928. Stream, download, buy attack of the giant leeches is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, flixfling, fandor, epix, epix now, flixfling vod, amazon online. I also have the madacy double bill with wasp woman which, although a little dark in places, is not a bad print.