Eric Stevenson I knew that this would fall into the same problems so many movies made at this time had. It seems like these people would never run out of animals to make giant and attack people. The weirdest thing is probably how these leeches look more like octopi. I mean, I'm fairly certain I see tentacles and suction cups. I guess I know little about leech anatomy, but I don't think that's how they work. It is pretty entertaining to see these goofy characters say all this stupid stuff. They just need to focus more on the actual action and less on these weird people.It's weird how they seem to say that dynamite won't work, even though it eventually does. At least they mention somewhat of a justification where they say nuclear weapons created the leeches. Every victim dies so they're mostly pointless. Only watch it on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". The short length probably works for it. There were just too many of these movies. They're all rather boring and pointless. *

mark.waltz While this film definitely ranks as a bomb (or should I say reeks), I must admit that I was very impressed by the speech that the hero makes in regards to why they cannot bomb the heck out of the ravine where an apparently giant leeches are living. Having scared the ferocious alligators away, they are spotted looking for lunch.Dealing with a middle aged husband trying to scare his trampy younger wife and her obvious lover, it quickly turns menacing when the husband witnesses his wife and her boyfriend being pulled into the marshes by something terrible. Sent to jail for their apparent parent murder, the husband probably hangs himself, little realizing that deep beneath could not quite so beautiful briny sea, the group of supposed victims are being munched on for a bloody snack for the actual giant creatures who crave fresh blood, leaving their victims with plunger like marks on their face as the way to die from the lack of plasma.Almost impossible to watch when you have to watch these leeches actually remove blood from their still living captives, this just becomes gross. It does happen on screen, giving this little explanation as to why tiny little leeches from the marsh are made huge simply by their reaction from the nearby Cape Canaveral. There are several major continuity mistakes, and the dialog is worse than rotten. Fortunately it is over in the hour, making that aspect of this of dreck all the more tolerable

JohnHowardReid As a fan of Leo Gordon, I was glad to catch up with this movie on Alpha's excellent DVD. It was never released theatrically in my area, nor was it ever screened on local TV. Leo Gordon's script for this one has been denigrated right, left and center, but I found it reasonably entertaining and the movie certainly held my attention throughout despite its rock bottom budget and the ridiculous giant leeches, all two or three of whom look like the sort of inflated rubber toys you can buy at any dollar and ten cents store. I'm also a fan of Yvette Vickers. She had a solid role here and she played it well. Good girl, Jan Shepard, also deserves a pat on the back. I didn't think much of the men, led by good guy Ken Clark and baddie Bruno Ve Sota. But who's looking at them? They were adequate enough, I guess. However, Bernard L. Kowalski's direction with its nimble pacing and good use of both location and studio sets, I would regard as a definite plus.

piratecannon It would be tempting to say that Attack of the Giant Leeches is a colossal failure. The funny thing is that if it were released today, it would likely be praised for its campy genius; the way it accurately parodies the 50′s era B-flicks that pitted steely muscle-men against over-sized creatures of just about every kind. But that's just the thing—this is the real deal. And when I say "real," I mean it's really funny.If you don't know what it's about, allow me to fill you in: giant leeches kill stupid people. That's it. Sure, there's a little more to it than that, but it's not worth mentioning (And, I mean, come one: with a title like Attack of the Giant Leeches, are you seeing this because it's analogous to the literary brilliance glimpsed in Hamlet?). One cheesy scene after another documents the hi-jinks of dimwitted adulterers, stubborn wildlife officials, oddly resigned doctors, etc., etc., etc. The transitions between these occurrences are awkward and choppy—just like the acting—and the giant leeches look like men wearing black garbage bags. When we're finally allowed to see how they feed on their victims, it's actually pretty gruesome. They attach themselves to peoples' throats and drain their blood.I do think it's worth mentioning that as idiotic as all of this sounds, writer Leo Gordon actually makes an earnest effort to logically connect one event to the next and, to some measurable degree, at least acknowledge that his audience is not moronic and that this sort of feature is meant only to satisfy our most basic instincts.And that, of course, is to shy away in disgust and laugh while doing it. It was Stephen King who said that he believes "we're all mentally ill." Why else would we spend money to see something this dumb, gross, and—for its time—horrifying? Because, he suggests, there's something appealing about knowing that we're not in this situation. It's a form of affirmation that gives us the chance to feed what he calls "the gators" rolling around in that subterranean area of our brains.Or we could simply say that braving something this hideous is just a lot of fun.