TheLittleSongbird I was expecting little from Leeches! in the first place, but that didn't stop me from hoping that it would be entertaining at least. Apart from maybe- big emphasis on maybe- having some entertainment value from how bad it is, Leeches! was everything a good movie should not be. It looks cheap for starters, the scenery is alright but the camera work is rushed and annoying and the special effects unfinished-looking and cartoonish. The dialogue has no real momentum, often very cheesy accentuated by the awkward line delivery, while the story is predictable and turgid and the characters stereotypical and irritating cardboard cutouts. The acting at best is very amateurish, and instead of having like a standout in a good or bad sense this is a standard of amateurishness that sees everybody on the same plane to one another. There is also nothing scary or suspenseful about Leeches!, partly because nobody seems to give a tuppence about what is happening or going to happen to them, partly because the leeches look and act in such a cartoony way and partly because all the attack scenes are shot too quick and reek of stupidity. So all in all, an awful movie, that might have some novelty value, where the only things attacked are your senses. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Traveshamockery Yes, this movie is ridiculous. Yes, it's does have a vaguely gay-porno-film vibe. Even the freakish monster-leeches are phallic, despite simultaneously looking like oven mitts. Still, the homo-erotic aspects of the film remain more implicit than explicit, so that you find yourself looking around the room asking everyone else: Does anybody else think this is a little . . . queer? By the end of the film, there's really not much doubt about whether the filmmakers intended it to be screened as such, but it's the process of enjoying every bizarre moment of innuendo that makes this film a winner. I should also mention that for a horror movie, it's less scary than just hokey, but some of us get a kick out of that. I highly recommend this film to horror fans who enjoy the opportunity to make politically/socially subversive readings of film texts--because your work is pretty much done for you.

A_Roode I've got a friend who plays on my masochistic urges. He tries to dig up the worst movies that he can because he knows I'll watch anything once. 'Leeches' was his most recent bid to break my spirit. It is pretty far from great, but it is no worse than you might expect it to be. This is actually a very good time to 'judge a book by its cover.' Everything you need or want to know is there.In fairness, the film is not trying to be anything more than a low-level exploitation film. A similarly masochistic buddy of mine watched it with me and we actually found it hilariously funny in a couple of spots. The acting is total cheeseball and the dialogue is ridiculous. The film is charged with homo-eroticism. Come on, it is just hilarious the number of shower scenes that take place, and the fact that all of the guys go into slow motion when they undress to go swimming.The leeches are pretty funny. They move very slowly ... until they attack. Then suddenly they become piranhas and move with lightening speed. The leeches also have high pitched squeaky voices. Oh yes, this is a special film.If I was going to be generous I would say you could watch this film as a satire of teen monster movies or that it is maybe a message film -- "Steroids are BAD!" You'll be happier if you watch it and just revel in the b-movie humour. A lot of it is unintentional and the actors all take their parts with a hilarious degree of seriousness. What little hope there might have been for this movie was spoiled by a completely random plot twist in the last moments of the movie.I was going to list a series of questions that the movie had brought up for me, like why a competitive swim team with an Olympic sized pool would need to swim in a leech infested lake. I don't really want to waste anymore time on this movie though and I hope anyone reading this is doing it pre-emptively. I love bad movies but this is just garbage, sprinkled with a side of unintentional humour.

The Shane I have some obsession with movies about animals (preferably mutant) that attack people. It all started when I went to film school and was so tired of watching movies that made me think for hours on end… so I went out and rented all animal attack movies that had one word titles, then I bought a bunch of 40's and had a movie marathon… I have been hooked from that day forth!! Leaches is a funny movie about leaches with roid-rage, attacking a college campus… at some points you can see where the leach glove props run out and you can see the arms inside the gloves!! so if you're expecting a hilariously bad movie, you won't be let down…. LEACHES!!!!...the shane