Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Directors: Bernard L. Kowalski

Cast: Ken Clark, Jan Shepard, Bruno VeSota, Yvette Vickers

Attack of the Giant Leeches (originally to be called The Giant Leeches) is an independently made, 1959 black-and-white science fiction-horror film, produced by Gene Corman and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. It stars Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota and Jan Shepard. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film was released on October 1, 1959 by American International Pictures on a double bill with A Bucket of Blood. (It was retitled Demons of the Swamp for its UK release.) In 1960 in some areas, Leeches played on a double bill with the 1960 Roger Corman film House of Usher. Attack of the Giant Leeches was one of a spate of "creature features" produced during the 1950s in response to Cold War fears; a character in the film speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by atomic radiation from nearby Cape Canaveral.

Attack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget horror movie from 1959. The story is set in the Florida everglades where the local storekeeper, Dave Walker, is married to a young sex-bomb named Liz, who just keeps on walking all over him. But poor old Dave is just a sucker for a pretty face and he just keeps on letting Liz do it. There are lots of suckers in this film though and most of them are attached to the giant leeches that have set up home in the swamp. You can find out more about Attack of the Giant Leeches at A Passion For Horror .

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