History Film / AttackOfTheGiantLeeches

* ILoveNuclearPower: A HandWave mid-film suggests that the leeches were mutated by waste run-off from nearby Cape Canaveral. (Cape Canaveral never did any nuclear experiments.)

* FreudianExcuse: Liz blames her long streak of bad relationships for landing her in Dave's hands.

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giant_leeches_post_8624.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:It doesn't [[{{Pun}} suck]] quite as bad as [[SoBadItsGood you'd expect]].]]

''Attack of the Giant Leeches'' is a 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by Creator/RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]].

When backwoods Florida shopkeeper Dave Walker discovers his hot but hostile wife Liz having an affair with his best friend Cal, he pursues the offending couple into the swamp with a shotgun. But before he can exact his revenge, the pair are dragged under the water by a couple of enormous slug-like creatures.

Even though Dave is arrested for the murder of Liz and Cal, local game warden Steve Benton conducts a search for the victims, aided by his girlfriend Nan and her father Dr. Greyson. Lots of footage ensues of Steve and Nan rowing through the Everglades, even as more people disappear. Finally, Dr. Greyson uses dynamite (against Steve's orders, no less) to inadvertently dislodge a bevy of corpses, giving the heroes an idea where to look for the other victims. Steve dons an aqualung and a speargun and dives down to do combat with the giant leeches before more dynamite is used to finish them off.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Verdict: Bad; the affair between Liz and Cal is not played sympathetically in the least, unless you count Liz's FreudianExcuse.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Doc Greyson sets off an explosive charge that knocks the three badly weakened male victims of the leeches into the water, where they drown before they can resurface.

* ILoveNuclearPower: A HandWave mid-film suggests that the leeches were mutated by waste run-off from nearby Cape Canaveral.(Cape Canaveral never did any nuclear experiments.)

* FreudianExcuse / AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Liz blames her long streak of bad relationships for landing her in Dave's hands.

* PyrrhicVictory: In the end the giant leeches are destroyed, but with the cost of swamp's ecology. But then there's the below to consider...

* ILoveNuclearPower: A HandWave mid-film suggests that the leeches were mutated by waste run-off from nearby Cape Canaveral.(Cape Canaveral never did any nuclear experiments.

* ILoveNuclearPower: A HandWave mid-film suggests that the leeches were mutated by waste run-off from nearby Cape Canaveral.

* MonsterMisogyny: Not present in the film proper, but a partial example in the poster; while there are a couple of male victims strewn about, note the prominently positioned bikini-clad woman.

''Attack of the Giant Leeches'' is a "typical for its day" 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by Creator/RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]].

[[caption-width-right:300:It doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun suck]] quite as bad as [[SoBadItsGood you'd expect]].]]

'''''Attack of the Giant Leeches''''' is a "typical for its day" 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by Creator/RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]].

* AssholeVictim: Just listen to the way Cal talks about his "best friend" Dave, whilst having an affair with Dave's wife.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* [[ILoveNuclearPower I Love Atomic Power]]: A HandWave mid-film suggests that the leeches were mutated by waste run-off from nearby Cape Canaveral.

** MonsterMisogyny: Not present in the film proper, but a partial example in the poster; while there are a couple of male victims strewn about, note the prominently positioned bikini-clad woman.

* PyrrhicVictory: In the end the giant leeches are destroyed, but with the cost of swamp's ecology. But then there's the below to consider . . .

* UglyGuyHotWife: Dave and Liz

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featuring this film, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E06AttackOfTheGiantLeeches go here]]. It also got TheRemake treatment in 2008.

[[caption-width-right:300:It doesn't suck quite as bad as [[SoBadItsGood you'd expect]].]]

'''''Attack of the Giant Leeches''''' is a "typical for its day" 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]].

[[caption-width-right:300:It doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun suck]] quite as bad as [[SoBadItsGood you'd expect]].]]

!!This movie [[IncrediblyLamePun leeches off of]] the following tropes:

The film was given TheRemake treatment in 2008.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Nan

'''Attack Of The Giant Leeches''' is a "typical for its day" 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]].

'''Attack Of The Giant Leeches''' is a "typical for its day" 1959 [[BMovie monster movie]] co-produced by RogerCorman, about... well, an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin attack by some giant leeches]]. It is mostly notable for its appearance in a fourth season episode of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', alongside the first episode of FilmSerial ''UnderseaKingdom''.

* TheEndOrIsIt: The last thing heard in the film is the sound of the leeches 'gurgling'. Implying that some others survive.

* PyrrhicVictory: In the end the giant leeches are destroyed, but with the cost of swamp's ecology. There's also the above to consider. . .

* OrIsIt: The last thing heard in the film is the sound of the leeches 'gurgling'. Implying that some others survive.

* PyrrhicVictory: In the end the giant leeches are destroyed, but with the cost of swamp's ecology.