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Attack of the Giant Leeches

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
2.0/10
335
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Attack of the Giant Leeches (2008)
ComedyDramaHorrorSci-FiThriller

In a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. It's up to... Read allIn a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. It's up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to discover what ungodly creature is responsible for t... Read allIn a small town, the silence is shattered by a rash of disappearances at the swamp near the old deserted factories. Bodies are being discovered with no blood left in their bodies. It's up to a park ranger and the town sheriff to discover what ungodly creature is responsible for these deaths.

  • Director
    • Brett Kelly
  • Writer
    • Jeff O'Brien
  • Stars
    • Mark Courneyea
    • Kerri Draper
    • Kevin Preece
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.0/10
    335
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brett Kelly
    • Writer
      • Jeff O'Brien
    • Stars
      • Mark Courneyea
      • Kerri Draper
      • Kevin Preece
    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Mark Courneyea
    Mark Courneyea
    • Scott
    • (as Mike Conway)
    Kerri Draper
    • Gracie
    Kevin Preece
    • Sheriff Bucky
    Shawna McSheffrey
    • Mary
    Jody Haucke
    • Walter
    Gary Peterson
    • Grundy Miller
    Ray Besharah
    Ray Besharah
    • Ray
    Mark Singleton
    • Shug
    Trevor Payer
    • Dub
    Laura White
    • Samantha
    Diane Camelin
    • Andy
    Alissa Pritchard
    • Olivia
    Mac Dale
    Mac Dale
    • Patio Man
    Jennifer Froome
    • Patio Woman
    Steven R. Cole
    • Steve The Chef
    • (as Steve Cole)
    Jurgen Vollrath
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    2paul_m_haakonsen

    Only the leeches were good...

    I didn't know whether to think this was a fan-made version or an actual remake version of the 1959 classic. But regardless of what it actually was, then it stunk to high heaven.

    The storyline in "Attack of the Giant Leeches" was adequate, or well at least as it can be for a movie of this type.

    But it all snapped with the horrible acting, even worse dialogue and production value of the movie. You have to look long and far to find such an abysmal movie. They are out there, but luckily rare.

    IT was so difficult to take anything in this movie even remotely serious, aside from one thing; the leeches. Now, they could have been better, much, much better, mind you. But they were like pure gold compared to everything else in this movie.

    This 2008 version of "Attack of the Giant Leeches" should be given a wide berth. Some of us suffered through it so you don't have to.

    My rating of two out of ten stars is solely because of the leeches. Everything else in the movie wasn't worth the marsh in which most of the movie took place.

    This is a stinker, guys. You have been warned.
    1robertdlar

    Watch the original

    So first off I saw the original on Creature Feature when I was like 7 and it was scary and creepy. AS bas as that movie was the costumes looked amazing (for the time) and being black and white made it even scarier. While it may have been shlocky the actors all took the roles seriosly and the horror in their faces felt genuine.

    I have litterally seen high school plays with better acting that this movie, and the 'so called screams' of the actors is nothing short of laughable, too bad the movie is not funny at all even a 'so bad its funny' mode. Save your time.
    1bernardlcrawford

    This what is was like to be tortured by the Spanish Inquisition

    Let us endeavor to conjecture and propose a supposition pertaining to a conundrum I am experiencing after viewing this atrocity. Variable one pertains to a Roger Corman. This is a man with an incredible propensity for the creation of films on a minimal budget and almost ALWAYS a profit on his investment. He truly is the king of exploitation films. This being a remake (probably due to the film being out of copyright date) is of a 1959 movie he made.

    So how does one create a movie to begin with on a minimal budget that still exceeds the product created decades later? Could it be an overwhelming plethora of non-talent?

    I have a great affinity for actors that do horrible hillbilly stereotypes with Canadian accents. The "Leeches" are hand puppets that can be misconstrued for earthworms on steroids. I did find the "rifle" that was supposed to be a shotgun but was a toy musket seen multiple times. They try to exploit young ladies which has absolutely no impact in sexually gratuity within the film. We get a few scenes of a marsh but the action takes place around a lake, no marsh or swamp. Our hillbillies are supposed to be comical relief while we wait for a meteorite to plummet to earth and obliterate them. The sheriff inhabits room 12 with crap being stored in some building somewhere.

    Let us examine one scene in particular. A search party has been gathered to attempt to locate two bodies. Several men follow the sheriff down the shore of a lake, not a marsh. All follow after the sheriff. Would it not behoove them to "Spread out" instead of following him and looking at their feet literally as they walk? One idiot is looking up in the trees where many a body has been known to be discovered. If only the Lockness monster would have interjected itself into the movie and consumed the entire cast, that would have been worth watching.

    The Corman version of this movie receives a 3.5 on the IMDb which sounds about right. If you view the MST3K riffing of the Corman movie then it is a 7.0 as this film rates a 1.9 and should be considerably lower.

    After viewing this movie I made preparation to invoke the great Cuthulu and the old ones to enter this dimension to rule but they declined because it is too dark and forbidding a place even for them and with absolutely nothing original that can be done in writing, films or art we are all in a pathetic Hell anyway.
    1tiagoabreu2007

    Pathetic Rip Off

    This is a sad excuse for a remake of the horror classic Attack of the Giant Leeches. That movie is in the public domain so this person did not get permission or anything they just took the plot and name and made their own pathetic version to literally "Leech" off of that movie. The poster looks OK but the sound and picture quality of the movie is pathetic or worse.

    SHAME on you Brett Kelly and co for ripping off this cult horror classic and turning it into this useless and amateurish mess. You all suck and should quit, Never make another film.
    Michael_Elliott

    Stick With the Original

    Attack of the Giant Leeches (2008)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Remake of the 1959 drive-in cult classic has pretty much the same plot as giant leeches in the swamp are sucking the blood out of locals so a wildlife expert and his girlfriend try to figure out what's going on whenever they're not arguing. I guess I should start off by admitting that the original film is one of my favorite "B" movies. Yes, it's incredibly cheesy but I love bad or campy movies and I consider it one of the best out there. With that said, I was really looking forward to this remake just to see what they would try to come up with but this here is pretty much a scene for scene remake. Perhaps that's a bit too strong since this does run about sixteen-minutes longer than the previous film but while watching this you can't help but feel that the director made the entire cast watch the original and try to mimic it. If you're familiar with the earlier movie then you're going to notice that there are countless scenes here that have the same setting, the same build-up and even the same dialogue. I'm not sure if director Brett Kelly was doing this as some sort of homage or if they were just being lazy and not coming up with anything new. Either way, fans of the 1959 version will probably find it mildly amusing at first but others are going to probably want to blow their brains out. Yes, the production values here are incredibly cheap, the actors seem uncomfortable and there's really no point to this remake. I'm not sure what they were trying to do but it really doesn't work because this film never manages to get its own personality because every step of the way it's reminding you of the previous movie. Even if you're unfamiliar with that movie then you're probably going to hate this even worse as you're simply not going to understand anything going on.

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 2008 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hiigelkaanide rünnak
    • Filming locations
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Dudez Productions
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      • 1h 18m(78 min)
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