The Leeches episodes looks like the Nasty Invaders invented something that looks like an M R I machine, but not only does it looks at your brain, but sucks the information out of it. Well Dave to the rescue and Dave has a plan. The usual formulated Alien talk, and the bad Invaders devise a plan to counter it. Will Dave find his friend in time. The mix of 60's special effects and alien's in suits make for a 60's style tv series.
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Some of the top scientific and industrial minds are disappearing.
planktonrules8 August 2021
In "The Leeches", some of the top scientific minds have disappeared. Warren Donnaghan (Arthur Hill) thinks he might be next. But David has an audacious plan....for Warren to let himself be kidnapped so he and Warren's friend, Tom (Peter Mark Richmond), can follow them to their hideout. This will mean using a transceiver to track Warren. Well, he is soon kidnapped and the pair try to follow...but the transceiver is eventually discovered and the pair have to use guesswork and hope for some luck to find him and the kidnapped men.
This is a very solid and enjoyable episode. Well worth seeing due to some brilliant writing and two excellent guest stars.
This is a very solid and enjoyable episode. Well worth seeing due to some brilliant writing and two excellent guest stars.
Very tense and good!
RodrigAndrisan16 February 2021
Everything is becoming more and more dramatic, the alien storylines intertwine with the terrestrial dramas. The whole situation is much complicated, the characters are more and more complex. "Life is no Sunday school picnic, you take what you can get when you can get it...", says one of the characters, and it's so true, I've met myself, in real life, people like that...
Is it still safe to watch this Stuff?
lor_9 July 2023
A suspenseful segment early in the series, with that ominous title. Arthur Hill, future "Andromeda Strain" star is perfect as the central character, with the screenplay by Danile Ullmann and direction by Paul Wendkos (who similarly had the wonderful "The Mephisto Waltz" in his future) turning up the paranoia quotient effectively. Added touch are scary special effects when Thinnes & Richman's car is destroyed.
Those nasty invaders are putting leading industrialists like Arthur Hill and Robert H. Harris through the ringer, in frightening scenes of draining their brains of useful information. Roy Thinnes and Peter Mark Richman are there to save the day, at least for another week, as those pesky invaders don't give up easily.
Larry Cohen's clever writing about conspiracy theories decades ago, not unlike Oliver Stone's, was a lot of fun. Who would have thought that literally millions of people would believe this sort of strange nonsense, not as entertaining fiction but as some sort of alternate reality we're supposedly living in. I'm still waiting to wake up from the nightmare that occurred in 2016. And my name coincidentally is Larry Cohn, a longtime fan!
Those nasty invaders are putting leading industrialists like Arthur Hill and Robert H. Harris through the ringer, in frightening scenes of draining their brains of useful information. Roy Thinnes and Peter Mark Richman are there to save the day, at least for another week, as those pesky invaders don't give up easily.
Larry Cohen's clever writing about conspiracy theories decades ago, not unlike Oliver Stone's, was a lot of fun. Who would have thought that literally millions of people would believe this sort of strange nonsense, not as entertaining fiction but as some sort of alternate reality we're supposedly living in. I'm still waiting to wake up from the nightmare that occurred in 2016. And my name coincidentally is Larry Cohn, a longtime fan!
Two men with their eyes on the heavens - one dedicating his life to an unknown frontier, the other to an undeclared war for survival.
bombersflyup2 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The Leeches is about David Vincent meeting with a man who believes his life's in danger, because various leaders in their field have been kidnapped by aliens and that he will be next.
The episode has everything going for it, but seems to fall back into the same mediocrity as before. Once Warren's taken by the aliens, they merely attach him to a machine that has colours and patterns and then there's a shootout and an escape scenario as per usual. Real opportunity lost here and I fear that these are the mere heights this series may never exceed. The acting by all parties top notch.
The episode has everything going for it, but seems to fall back into the same mediocrity as before. Once Warren's taken by the aliens, they merely attach him to a machine that has colours and patterns and then there's a shootout and an escape scenario as per usual. Real opportunity lost here and I fear that these are the mere heights this series may never exceed. The acting by all parties top notch.
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