The Brain Leeches (1978)

Director
Fred Olen Ray

Main cast
Paul Jones; Marcia Scott; Ray Starr; Jennifer Knight; Fred Olen Ray

Genres
Sci-Fi, Horror

Description
Invading aliens are taking over the brains of folks in a small town. The head leech is a wad of black tinfoil with a couple of white thumbtacks for eyes. Others are spidery-like rubber things pulled along by strings.


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