Attack of the Giant Leeches

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959, USA) is a Giant Monster-Eco-Terror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1959
  • B&W
  • Running Time: 62 Min.
  • Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
  • Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1959) (USA) (theatrical) | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1959) (UK) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
  • Written by Leo Gordon
  • Starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard
  • Produced by Gene Corman, Roger Corman
  • Original Music by Alexander Laszlo
  • Cinematography by John M. Nickolaus Jr.
  • Film Editing by Carlo Lodato

Plot Summary

  • 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 don't believe them.

Also Known As

  • Attack of the Blood Leeches
  • Demons of the Swamp (UK)
  • She Demons of the Swamp
  • The Giant Leeches (USA - promotional title)

Taglines

  • What was the terrible power of the DEMONS OF THE SWAMP
  • An Unknown HORROR..An Unknown DEATH..
  • Massive Blood Sucking Monsters!
  • Crawling horror... unleashed by the depths of hell to kill and conquer!
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