{"id":666,"date":"2008-05-03T18:47:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T08:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/05\/03\/attack-of-the-giant-leeches\/"},"modified":"2008-05-03T18:56:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-03T08:56:29","slug":"attack-of-the-giant-leeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/05\/03\/attack-of-the-giant-leeches\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Giant Leeches"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1959 came the first attack by giant leeches, set in a Florida swamp and executive produced by Roger Corman: Attack of the Giant Leeches<\/strong> [aka The Giant Leeches] (US-1959; dir. Bernard L. Kowalski).<\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

The leeches famously looked a little like deflated swimming-pool mattresses that had eaten a scuba-diver alive.<\/p>\n

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But there was sex and violence and giant leeches with perverted lusts!<\/p>\n

Now Brett Kelly<\/a> — writer\/director of a slew of low-budget independent genre flicks, such as The Bonesetter<\/em> (2003), The Bonesetter Returns<\/em> (2005), My Dead Girlfriend<\/em> (2006) and Kingdom of the Vampire<\/em> (2007) — is remaking the film, no doubt retaining the sex and violence and giant leeches with perverted lusts, but replacing the mattresses with something more leech-like.<\/p>\n

\"Attack<\/a><\/p>\n

The film is now in post-production, with a release planned for later this year. Meanwhile, Kelly has tossed a few production shots into the cyber-swamp. Here are some of them:<\/p>\n

\"Girls:<\/a><\/p>\n

“Oh no! It’s got the cellphone! Now it can call us!”<\/p>\n

\"Phone<\/a><\/p>\n

Cameo by one of the 1959 leeches?<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

He wouldn’t return the call!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

“Okay, which of you leeches keeps callin’ 9-1-1 ?”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: Retromedia<\/a> Messageboard via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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