Giant Leeches

ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES-AIP-(1959)-Enjoyable nonsense produced by Roger Corman and written by actor Leo Gordon. Giant leeches terrorize a swamp and capture locals. They are taken back to the leech lair and sucked dry of their blood. The monsters are kind of hysterical looking, like sleeping bags with suction cups but Yvette Vickers (from ATTACK OF THE THE 50 FOOT WOMAN) gives a great performance as the local swamp slut. Her cuckold husband is played by low budget vet Bruno Ve Sota. A pretty dull hero (Ken Clark, who'd had a role in LOVE ME TENDER and later worked a lot in Europe) tries to figure it all out. TV actress Jan Shepard (also in KING CREOLE with Elvis) and Tyler McVey help out. Gene Roth and George Cisar co-star.

Director Bernard Kowlaski made NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST the year before for AIP and later directed movies like KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA and MACHO CALLAHAN while also working on several TV shows including THE UNTOUCHABLES and THE WILD WILD WEST.

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