Leeches 2016

Steroid use begins among the swim team

Members of a college swim team begin taking anabolic steroids to boost performance. The practice is conducted with some cover, but it triggers an escalating rivalry and a darker edge to their training. This drug-fueled improvement foreshadows the monstrous consequences that follow.

Day trip to local lake and leech discovery

During a day trip to a local lake, a couple of team members pick up leeches. The leeches feed on the steroids in the swimmers' blood, growing more active and dangerous with each feed. They are later carried back toward campus with the group.

Leeches grow after feeding and reach alarming size

Back on campus, the leeches feed on steroid-laden blood while the swimmers resume training. Their rapid feeding causes the parasites to swell to an enormous size, signaling the threat they will become. The danger remains largely unseen by the busy team.

Leeches are swept into the dorm showers

That night, the leeches are washed down a shower drain, where they continue to feed and multiply. The campus systems fail to notice the growing menace beneath the surface. The body count has not yet started, but the threat is imminent.

Leeches begin killing members and a administrator

Over the next days, several swim team members and a college administrator are found dead or missing, victims of the monster leeches. The campus is gripped by fear as the attacks become more brazen. The remaining swimmers realize that the threat is escalating beyond ordinary predators.

Survivors hatch a plan to stop the monster

A small group of survivors, including a girlfriend of one swimmer, decide they must kill the leeches at once. They resolve to end the parasite threat and save the remaining students. The plan centers on drawing the leeches to a controlled location on campus.

A bait swimmer is chosen to lure the leeches

The group selects one swimmer to act as bait and lure the giant leeches toward the campus pool. The decision is risky and emotionally charged, but it gives them a chance to trap or annihilate the threat. The bait move is the core of their plan.

Preparation to electrify the pool begins

With the leeches' arrival anticipated, the team sets up the pool's electrical system to fry the invading parasites. Tensions run high as the clock ticks toward execution. The plan hinges on a precise sequence to ensure the leeches are killed.

The coach infected by a leech interrupts the plan

Just before they can trigger the electric flood, the coach, who has been infected by a leech, attacks the group and delays the process. The delay allows the leeches to close in and increases the danger to the remaining swimmers. The plan teeters on the edge of failure.

Electrification succeeds and the leeches are fried

The group regroups and completes the electrification of the pool, unleashing a dangerous surge that fries the invading leeches. The immediate danger is quelled, though the cost of the plan is already clear. The pool area becomes a grim battlefield that night.