Swamp Thing
1982 Directed by Wes Craven
Synopsis
Science changed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!
Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed. Arcane, desperate for the formula, attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane...
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Part of the 1982 Project
Film S of March Movie MadnessCheesy and very camp Comic book adaption of The Swamp Thing from horror maestro Wes Craven. In a change from his usual style, Wes really camps it up in and if you take it as it is , its quite enjoyable. Although the score really reminded me of a Friday the 13th movie, so much so I half expected Jason to pop up through the swamp, very distracting.
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A monster movie with heart, conspiracy, betrayal and Adrienne Barbeau's boobs.
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One of those rare movies that features a topless babe in spite of being rated PG.
The whole thing is quite boring and I really don't understand what Wes Craven was trying to do with this movie. There are some okay scenes in the swamp with Bad Guys hunting Swampy down.
A Steve Urkel-like kid tags along for a while.
Everything builds to a bizarre fight scene between Swampy and a bad guy who is transformed (actor wearing a crummy mask) into a wolf man.
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Swamp Thing is one that unfortunately tends to be forgotten by genre fans. A campy departure from Wes Craven's usual, it's a refreshingly fun take on a comic book story by one of modern horror's most respected practitioners. It is completely ridiculous but captures the look and feel of a comic book quite well.
What you get:
- A great setting in the Louisiana swamps. More genre films should utilize this setting, it lends itself well to horror and science ficiton.
- Fog, lots of fog machine fog.
- Adrienne Barbeau, fantastic as always
- David Hess who also worked with Craven on Last House on the Left. I don't think David Hess has played anything but filthy, disgusting characters… -
Swamp Thing is a great comic book character who was pretty big in the 1980's for his sophisticated stories aimed more towards adults written by comic legend Alan Moore. With that in mind it made perfect sense that Swamp Thing had two movies, but then I discovered that this movie came out two years before Moore started his run on the character which surprised the hell out of me. I always knew that the character had a following but I didn't think it was nearly big enough to get his own movie. A couple of things came to light for me when re watching it though.
The first thing that I noticed, or at least remembered after I saw it…
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Catching up on some Wes Craven flicks I hadn't seen before, starting with this one!
You know, I think I prefer The Creature From the Black Lagoon. I know that Swamp Thing is a comic book movie, but it's of the Toxic Avenger variety, the kind that's supposed to be all tongue-in-cheek but just ends up making Batman & Robin look really good.
When a scientist in the swamps of Louisiana discovers a powerful formula, and the bad guys come to steal it, he's exposed to it and becomes the Incredible Hu..Swamp Thing!
This movie has David Hess and Adrienne Barbeau (in skimpy clothes or none), and it runs for only 90 minutes, but it felt like it was about four…
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One of those rare movies that features a topless babe in spite of being rated PG.
The whole thing is quite boring and I really don't understand what Wes Craven was trying to do with this movie. There are some okay scenes in the swamp with Bad Guys hunting Swampy down.
A Steve Urkel-like kid tags along for a while.
Everything builds to a bizarre fight scene between Swampy and a bad guy who is transformed (actor wearing a crummy mask) into a wolf man.
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Swamp Thing is one that unfortunately tends to be forgotten by genre fans. A campy departure from Wes Craven's usual, it's a refreshingly fun take on a comic book story by one of modern horror's most respected practitioners. It is completely ridiculous but captures the look and feel of a comic book quite well.
What you get:
- A great setting in the Louisiana swamps. More genre films should utilize this setting, it lends itself well to horror and science ficiton.
- Fog, lots of fog machine fog.
- Adrienne Barbeau, fantastic as always
- David Hess who also worked with Craven on Last House on the Left. I don't think David Hess has played anything but filthy, disgusting characters… -
Stupid, but also surprisingly entertaining. Although her character falls down too much, the movie makes Barbeau pretty competent when it comes to picking up a gun and taking people out, and the character of Jude (Reggie Batts) is kind of amazing. It yearns to be a bigger movie, but it's comic-booky in all the right ways. [Uncut Version.]
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Part of the 1982 Project
Film S of March Movie MadnessCheesy and very camp Comic book adaption of The Swamp Thing from horror maestro Wes Craven. In a change from his usual style, Wes really camps it up in and if you take it as it is , its quite enjoyable. Although the score really reminded me of a Friday the 13th movie, so much so I half expected Jason to pop up through the swamp, very distracting.
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Swamp Thing is a great comic book character who was pretty big in the 1980's for his sophisticated stories aimed more towards adults written by comic legend Alan Moore. With that in mind it made perfect sense that Swamp Thing had two movies, but then I discovered that this movie came out two years before Moore started his run on the character which surprised the hell out of me. I always knew that the character had a following but I didn't think it was nearly big enough to get his own movie. A couple of things came to light for me when re watching it though.
The first thing that I noticed, or at least remembered after I saw it…
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Sure, the action is kind of goofy. But the important things are the heart and brains behind it. Oh, and being directed with Creepshow-esque wipes, the composer of the first six Friday the 13th films, and an ass-kicking Adrienne Barbeau (who, sure, is reduced to damsel in distress a few times but, seriously, look how hard she fights back). It really does look great, is a lot of fun to rewatch, and gets its' business done with before it can become overbearingly goofy. Very underrated.
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Catching up on some Wes Craven flicks I hadn't seen before, starting with this one!
You know, I think I prefer The Creature From the Black Lagoon. I know that Swamp Thing is a comic book movie, but it's of the Toxic Avenger variety, the kind that's supposed to be all tongue-in-cheek but just ends up making Batman & Robin look really good.
When a scientist in the swamps of Louisiana discovers a powerful formula, and the bad guys come to steal it, he's exposed to it and becomes the Incredible Hu..Swamp Thing!
This movie has David Hess and Adrienne Barbeau (in skimpy clothes or none), and it runs for only 90 minutes, but it felt like it was about four…
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How do you follow up a run of controversial, disturbing horror films? You have some goofball fun, and that’s what Wes Craven did with this silly, schlocky, boldly entertaining monster mash glancingly based on the acclaimed DC comic by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson (who were mortified when they saw the film).
Ray Wise is Alec Holland, a chemist-botanist who turns into Swamp Thing (the 6’6” Dick Durock) and tries to stop mad scientist Arcane (Louis Jourdan) from using Alec’s restorative formula for eeeevil purposes. Fairly innovative for its time, the comic book took itself relatively seriously; the movie is more of a goof, though it does offer a good deal of romantic yearning when Swampy falls in love with…