
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. But then she finds out the true reason for their sudden reconciliation is so that she can serve as his guinea pig. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially one with a stolen pineal gland tapper. But once you try Nipe, there's no going back.... (Full plot summary below)
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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. But then she finds out the true reason for their sudden reconciliation is so that she can serve as his guinea pig. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially one with a stolen pineal gland tapper. But once you try Nipe, there's no going back.
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| SciFiNowSteve WrightDespite being 56 years old, and obviously of its time in a number of respects (the portrayal of the African tribesmen is vintage Hollywood), The Leech Woman is equally light years ahead in others. |
| User ReviewMark WBest if seen with a guy and two 'bots. |
| User ReviewTori DAn unpleasant, but satisfying horror movie that has unscrupulous characters who murder and pillage to get their treasure(s) and get killed off by each other the main one being the leech Woman who had an abusive past but of course dies in the end. Kind of a Dorian Gray in Resevoir Dog style... |
| User ReviewChristy PThere's something fun about it, even though the whole premise is pretty awful on all accounts. There's really no character in the movie to like; they're all snaky. |
| User ReviewAl Mkinda dull after awhile. it seems less racist than most films for its time. |
| User ReviewBill BRecently gave the MST3K version a spin off the To-Watch Pile, didn't mind it at all. Rental? |
| User ReviewKevin SNot nearly as bad as I expected it to be. The Leech Woman may be a low-budget B-picture but it has an odd charm about it. Plus, it says a great deal about our obsession with youth and beauty. Kudos to director Edward Dein for doing a lot with very little. |
| User ReviewJames-Masaki RIt's actually a lot better than I was expecting. Maybe I watched too much Douglas Sirk 50's movies recently, but "The Leech Woman" seemed close to what Sirk MIGHT have done if he mixed his ravaged-female melodrama stories and mixed it with voodoo horror. Edward Dein's direction is a lot more on the bland side, but this bizarre anti-aging story, with a doctor and his almost estranged wife go to Africa to discover the ultimate way for women to regain their youth, but at a cost of sacrificing a man's life. It's a silly story, but I thought it was good for a 50's Universal B movie with a terrible rating... |
| User ReviewGrayson WNot nearly as bad as I expected it to be. The Leech Woman may be a low-budget B-picture but it has an odd charm about it. Plus, it says a great deal about our obsession with youth and beauty. Kudos to director Edward Dein for doing a lot with very little. |
| User ReviewJason HNot a terribly good movie, but like alot of genre films of it's time it has its charms and it watchable. Nevertheless it isn't very good...I can't say that enough! |