Category: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1959
Country: USA
Runtime: 62
Rating: 6.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Sound: Mono
Taglines:Massive Blood Sucking Monsters! What was the terrible power of the DEMONS OF THE SWAMP An Unknown HORROR..An Unknown DEATH.. CRAWLING HORROR...THE GIANT LEECHES...RISING FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL! (original print ad - all caps) Crawling horror... unleashed by the depths of hell to kill and conquer!
Writing by: Leo Gordon - writer
Produced by: Gene Corman - producer
Roger Corman - executive producer
Cast: Ken Clark - Steve Benton
Yvette Vickers - Liz Walker
Jan Shepard - Nan Greyson
Michael Emmet - Cal Moulton
Tyler McVey - Doc Greyson
Bruno VeSota - Dave Walker
Gene Roth - Sheriff Kovis
Dan White - Slim Reed
George Cisar - Lem Sawyer
Guy Buccola - Giant leech (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton - Old Man (uncredited)
Music: Alexander Laszlo
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing....
Plot: After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. While searching for illegal traps Steve Benton and Nan Greyson, his girl-friend find Lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. One couple Liz Walker and Cal Moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband Dave Walker, gets taken by the leeches. When police refuse to believe Daves story, he hangs himself. Soon after this, 2 more trappers disappear, the local Game Warden Steve Benton gets involved. He and Nans father Dr Greyson realize that the people were taken by the leeches and the leeches live in caves under the swamp. Using dynamite, the 4 missing bodies are discovered and the leeches are destroyed.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Jerry is credited both as "Jerry Lewis" and "Joe Levitch", his real name: Jerry Lewis plays Stanley, Joe Levitch plays himself.
Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Boom mic visible: Cal and Dave are talking outside the general store. The reflection of the mike boom can be seen in the roof of the car.
Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1959
Country: USA
Runtime: 62
Rating: 6.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Leo Gordon - writer
Produced by: Gene Corman - producer
Roger Corman - executive producer
Cast: Ken Clark - Steve Benton
Yvette Vickers - Liz Walker
Jan Shepard - Nan Greyson
Michael Emmet - Cal Moulton
Tyler McVey - Doc Greyson
Bruno VeSota - Dave Walker
Gene Roth - Sheriff Kovis
Dan White - Slim Reed
George Cisar - Lem Sawyer
Guy Buccola - Giant leech (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton - Old Man (uncredited)
Music: Alexander Laszlo
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing....
Plot: After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. While searching for illegal traps Steve Benton and Nan Greyson, his girl-friend find Lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. One couple Liz Walker and Cal Moulton, forced into the water by her enraged husband Dave Walker, gets taken by the leeches. When police refuse to believe Daves story, he hangs himself. Soon after this, 2 more trappers disappear, the local Game Warden Steve Benton gets involved. He and Nans father Dr Greyson realize that the people were taken by the leeches and the leeches live in caves under the swamp. Using dynamite, the 4 missing bodies are discovered and the leeches are destroyed.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Jerry is credited both as "Jerry Lewis" and "Joe Levitch", his real name: Jerry Lewis plays Stanley, Joe Levitch plays himself.
Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Boom mic visible: Cal and Dave are talking outside the general store. The reflection of the mike boom can be seen in the roof of the car.
Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Originally, it was a character named Robert Knowles who is shot by Hakeswill. The TV series changed it to Price being the victim.
- Obadiah Hakeswill has been in five of the Sharpe books, making him, along with Pierre Ducos, the most frequently recurring Sharpe villain.
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