Swamp Thing

1982
PG
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

18K

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After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.

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After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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5/10

Mildly entertaining comic-book crud from Wes Craven.

If only the first half of Wes Craven's Swamp Thing had been as incredibly craptastic as the second: the latter part of the film sees a henchmen transformed into a disfigured dwarf, the villain of the piece becoming a sword-wielding wolf/pig creature with a really hairy back, and Adrienne Barbeau stripping off to take a skinny dip in a swamp (mind the leeches, deary).

Sadly, in order to get to this cheezy but still very fun stuff, the viewer has to trawl through lots of bland comic-book tosh including a dreary introduction to the characters, repetitive poorly staged fight and chase scenes featuring David Hess and his team of stereotypically dumb henchmen, and clumsily handled attempts at tragedy and pathos. It doesn't help either that the central character, The Swamp Thing, is so crap to look at—a man in a rubbishy rubber suit that buckles unconvincingly at the joints.

Worth a look if you're a big fan of the comics, Craven or Barbeau, but casual viewers will probably switch off before they even get to the most enjoyable bits.

BA_Harrison
Jul 11, 2013
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Trivia
They filmed in the swamps of South Carolina, and it was fairly miserable. "It was during a ferociously hot summer with very, very high humidity, and there was a black caterpillar plague, so they were in the trees in big clumps and would drop down on your head and sting you."

Goofs
(at around 1h 10 mins) When Bruno drinks the formula and shrinks, his clothes shrink right along with him.

Quotes
Swamp Thing: Everything's a dream when you're alone.

Crazy credits
Not long ago, in the unexplored reaches of an unmapped swamp, the creative genius of one man collided with another's evil dream, and a monster was born. Too powerful to be destroyed, too intelligent to be captured, this being still pursues its savage dream.

Alternate versions
The "Uncut International Version" features some additional shots of nudity compared to the original US theatrical release making it 2 minutes longer:
When Adrienne Barbeau takes a bath in the swamp you could only see a side shot of her breast. Now you can see some extra seconds of full-on breast shots.
At the beginning of the party scene (Bruno's big comeuppance) two dancing gypsy women taking off their clothes. This footage was not included in previous video and laserdisc releases.