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Good concept, poorly executed.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Blistering performances.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Enjoyable low-budget horror schlock from Universal-International has Colleen Gray giving a juicy performance as the hard-drinking wife of doctor Phillip Terry, an endocrinologist who is tipped off by an ancient African woman to a youth potion utilizing orchid pollen and the secretions of the male pineal gland. Unfortunately, the male has to be killed to get the chemical from the gland--plus, the youthful effect is only temporary. First-half of the movie, with Gray, Terry and John van Dreelen traveling through the jungles of Africa, learning the secret of the potion before being told they will be killed in the morning, looks and sounds like a reel from a Tarzan adventure. Second portion, with Gray using the youth serum on herself and pretending to be her own niece, is far more entertaining (rather like a straight-faced precursor to "Death Becomes Her"). Pulled together quickly by the studio, "The Leech Woman" is better than it has any right to be, with a good cast and fine make-up effects helping to bolster its shaky structure. ** from ****

The Leech Woman is a depressing and turgid low budget melodrama. It reminds me of a lot of English movies in the fact that none of the characters have any redeeming qualities whatsoever. Mala lures Doctor Paul and June with a sample of the precious "naipe" and fully intends to kill them after granting June one last night of beauty. Dr. Paul is a smug, callous creep who cons his aging, alcoholic and mentally unstable wife into not divorcing him so he can use her as his guinea pig. June has absolutely no moral qualms about killing men to get their even more precious pineal juice; the secret ingredient that keeps her young and desirable. Neil, their lawyer, is engaged to Sally, Dr. Paul's nurse, but he's instantly ready to dump her after getting a load of the rejuvenated June. Sally thinks that it's entirely appropriate to pull a gun on June and threaten her with her life in order to hold on to a man who apparently feels no real commitment to their looming marriage. And of course the hired African guide is all set to settle in with the restored June until she reverts to an aged nutball, upon which he flees and abandons her in the jungle. Sounds like a bunch you'd want to waste 90 minutes of your life with, eh? About the "special effects". Nifty? Not! There are puffs of dry ice smoke and Ms. Gray's old age make-up is a nylon stocking pulled over her head that creates wrinkles where it is bunched up around her neck! Estelle Hemsley as the ancient Mala looks like she's had oatmeal sprayed all over her face. Only the MST3K version is really worth a look.

With a title like "Leech Woman", I naturally assumed this was a movie about giant leeches. After all, the 50s and very early 60s produced a huge number of giant insect movies and I took it for granted that this could be something else. Instead, it's still a horror movie, of sorts--just not the giant radiation-produced type! The film begin with a middle-aged lady having an argument with her cruel and indifferent husband. He's truly a jerk and you feel rather sorry for her. However, after meeting a woman who claims to be 150+ years-old, this scientist has a sudden change of heart--treating his wife much nicer and apologizing for his boorish behaviors. He also announces that they are going to Africa on a safari--a safari to a land where they'd discovered the secret to eternal youth. Once they are in Africa, the film looks a bit like a low-budget Tarzan-like film--complete with the obligatory stock footage. At the same time, the husband's old contempt and mistreatment for his wife returns. It seems the only reason he sweet-talked her was so he could bring this older lady along as a guinea pig once he learns this secret of youth. After all, he wouldn't want to try it on himself, would he?! So what is the secret? Well, an old woman CAN become young again for a short period of time...but only after a man is killed and his blood mixed with some sort of magic pollen. And, in a funny twist, when the wife does try out this secret formula, she demands that the tribe use her abusive husband as the sacrifice!! Now, young and beautiful, she has a lot of living to catch up with and no one is going to stop her. Fortunately, the first three men she kills deserve it, but even then, her youth is only temporary and she has become smitten with a horny young man. So, she kills again in an attempt to capture this jerk's heart. What happens next you'll have to see for yourself.Overall, it's a very original film and moderately interesting. The only downside is the budget, which makes the makeup cheap--like the guy from ALLIGATOR PEOPLE instead of elderly people! No one is THAT wrinkled and withered!

I sat down to watch this movie expecting to see a woman with a big rubber leech head chasing people around but it turns out Leech Woman offers something slightly more sophisticated. The story is that a scientist and his estranged wife head off to Africa to search for the fabled elixir of hokum which turns women young again. Obviously these days it would be a waste of time because every second advert I see for toothpaste or shampoo offers time renewal, time protection and suchlike whatever that means.One thing I liked about this movie was the way that every single character is awful in some way. There's a good story though it is a bit slow to start with. Some viewers have moaned about the rather obvious stock footage but anyone who is a fan of movies of this era will recognise it as just par for the course on a quick cheapie like this.Give it a try, despite the tacky name it's quite a good story and worth a watch.