Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: The Giant Leeches
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard, Michael Emmet, Bruno VeSota, Gene Roth, Tyler McVey, Dan White, George Cisar, Guy Buccola, Joseph Hamilton, Ross Sturlin
Giant leeches are living in the swamp, and there is good reason to believe they are responsible for the disappearance of four people, especially when a dying moonshiner, Lem Sawyer (George Cisar), is found with sucker wounds. Game Warden Steve Benton (Ken Clark) and his girlfriend Nan's (Jan Shepard) father, Doc Greyson (Tyler McVey), investigate and learn that leeches are living in caves beneath the swamp. Will dynamite rid the area of those monster leeches?
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Krakatoa, East of Java 1969  G, 130 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Volcano
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle, John Leyton, Sal Mineo, J.D. Cannon, Rossano Brazzi, Marc Lawrence, Jacqui Chan, Geoffrey Holder, Niall MacGinnis
In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa exploded, sending shock waves several times around the Earth and causing thousands of deaths from fires and tidal waves. This action film uses the explosion as a background for its story of a ship that heads to the island in search of sunken treasure with an assorted collection of people on board, including criminals being taken to prison. Excellent special effects help make this watchable. Rereleased with a new name, perhaps due to the fact that Krakatoa is west of Java rather than east.
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Night of the Blood Beast 1958 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: John Baer, Angela Greene, Ed Nelson, Georgianna Carter, Michael Emmet, Tyler McVey, Ross Sturlin
In another of executive producer Roger Corman's "beast" pictures, an alien arrives in the body of dead astronaut Major John Corcoran (Michael Emmet). The base that the body rests in is cut off from the outside world as Corcoran's body becomes the breeding ground for more aliens. It doesn't look good for the mere Earthlings stationed at the base–nor for others outside the base as well.
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| 1. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
aka: The Giant Leeches
2. Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
aka: Volcano
3. Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
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