Attack of the Giant Leeches
About Attack of the Giant Leeches
Giant leeches live under a Florida swamp. After a fisherman is killed, game warden Steve Benton, played by Ken Clark, investigates while the local police blame an alligator. Liz Walker, played by Yvette Vickers, and Cal Moulton disappear while they are together behind her husband's back. He is jailed and kills himself. Steve, his girlfriend Nan Grayson, and her father Doc Grayson find that the leeches are holding people in an underwater cave and draining them. Steve and his friend Mike, both wartime divers, kill one leech with spearguns and knives and have to surface. The captives they reached are dead.
Cast & crew
More about Attack of the Giant Leeches
Bernard L. Kowalski directed. Gene Corman produced. Leo Gordon wrote the script. John M. Nickolaus Jr. photographed it and Alexander László wrote the music. American International Pictures released it on 1 October 1959 on a double bill with A Bucket of Blood. The working title was The Giant Leeches. In Britain it was Demons of the Swamp. In some places it played with House of Usher. Bruno VeSota plays Liz's husband. Jan Shepard plays Nan.
Themes
Look
John M. Nickolaus Jr. shot the black-and-white swamp picture, including the underwater cave.
Music
Alexander László composed the score.
Notes
- A character in the film suggests atomic radiation from Cape Canaveral made the leeches huge.
- Ken Clark and Jan Shepard are the investigators who are believed. The police are not.
Scenes
- Liz and Cal vanish, and her husband is blamed.
- The divers find the cave, kill one leech, and leave the victims dead.
Also available
- Internet Archive (AttackOfTheGiantLeeches)
