Explore releases from Leech Woman at Discogs. "The Leech Woman" is a film that's a lot better than its title. David Duncan (screenplay), 19 June 2005 | mrb1980 All rights reserved.Theatrical : 1 Hour(s) 16 MinutesThe Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: Volume 2 (Dr. Cyclops / Cult of the Cobra / The Land of the Unknown / The Deadly Mantis / The Leech Woman)The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: Volume 1 & 2 When they see her body, it is much older and much more shriveled than ever. While resting near the water after their escape from the village, June and the scout see two crocodiles climbing ashore near them. "The Leech Woman" is a film that's a lot better than its title.
Before the police can arrest her, she throws herself out her bedroom window, crashes to the ground and dies. The acting is quite good by a group of old pros, and the film throws in about everything: the older woman/younger man plot twist, alcoholism, tribal rituals, emotional abuse, love triangles, several murders, smart-mouthed cops, journeys into darkest Africa, revenge and betrayal, explosions, quicksand...well, you get the idea.
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia. "The Leech Woman" is a film that's a lot better than its title. Certificate: Passed When the police come to investigate the murders that June has committed, she uses Sally's pineal gland extract but finds that it does not work because it is from a woman. But then she finds out the true reason for their sudden reconciliation is so that she can serve as his guinea pig. June Talbot (Colleen Gray) goes on a trip to Africa with her husband Dr. Paul Talbot (Phillip Terry), only to discover that she is to be the trial balloon in one of his experiments on an anti-aging compound. A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants. Leech Woman started out as looking like a doll of Elsa in a white dress, but after being bought to life her appearance changed slightly. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world. An uninspired horror film by Edward Dein, this ragged story begins in darkest Africa and in the even darker psyche of a mentally deteriorating woman. The acting is quite good by a group of old pros, and the film throws in about everything: the older woman/younger man plot twist, alcoholism, tribal rituals, emotional abuse, love triangles, several murders, smart-mouthed cops, journeys into darkest Africa, revenge and betrayal, explosions, quicksand...well, you get the idea. Amazingly, The Leech Woman is not a Roger Corman production. August 27th Blu-ray & DVD Releases Include Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, The Banana Splits Movie, Hell Comes To Frogtown, Ladyworld, Fear In The Night, V: The Original MiniseriesScream Factory’s August Releases Include Vice Squad Collector’s Edition, Horror Of Frankenstein, and Steelbooks of Forbidden World and Galaxy Of Terror
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Discovering the secret to eternal youth has never proved to be so deadly as in the classic sci-fi thriller, The Leech Woman. When a very old African woman offers an ambitious endocrinologist the secret of eternal youth, he decides to take his estranged and no-longer-young-and-beautiful wife along with him on the safari. As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
I thought the ending was a little weak, but otherwise it's an entertaining take on an unusual story regarding rejuvenation. Gray does quite well with a difficult role, with fine support from Terry, Grant Williams, Kim Hamilton, and Gloria Talbott. She kills his jealous fiancée Sally Howards (Talbott), draining her pineal gland and eliminating Sally as competition.
Discovering the secret to eternal youth has never proved to be so deadly as in the classic sci-fi thriller, The Leech Woman. It really feels like one, from the screenplay to the acting. Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community. 9 of 9 people found this review helpful. Invisible atomic monsters attack a U.S. Armed Forces base and the local residents. Paul prefers younger women. A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings. A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south. To her, the film "gets not only at what aging feels like for everyone, but, specifically, at what it feels like for a woman in a society that continues to value youth and beauty" as June is forced to face the "sudden horrific onset on aging" over and again. But once you try Nipe, there's no going back.
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An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth. Paul is unhappily married to the alcoholic June (Gray), who is 10 years his elder.
Worth catching.Looking for something to watch? The Leech Woman follows the second path, with a mechanism for youth worked out as cleverly as a classic fable. Rank Film Distributors handled the film's UK release. Francis Rosenwald (story) A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened. Leech Woman (called Miss Leech in promotional material for the first film) is one of the living puppets that Andre Toulon built in Berlin during the second World War. Look back at the leading ladies who dominated entertainment in the 1980s, making their mark with iconic movie and TV roles (and some major hairstyles, too). She steals the ring and pollen, kills her jungle guide (As Terry, June quickly becomes enamored of her lawyer Neil Foster (Williams), a man half her actual age.