Swamp Thing (1982)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 33
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 12
Unabashedly campy -- often to its detriment -- Swamp Thing is not without its charms, among them Adrienne Barbeau as the damsel in distress.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
Unabashedly campy -- often to its detriment -- Swamp Thing is not without its charms, among them Adrienne Barbeau as the damsel in distress.
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Movie Info
Director Wes Craven, who went on to fame as the force behind blockbuster horror films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, departed from his favorite genre to film this unique cult classic -- a spoof on the mad scientist movies of the 1950s. Adrienne Barbeau stars as Alice Cable, a government agent sent to replace a man who has disappeared while guarding a secret experimental lab in the middle of the Louisiana bayous. Dressed in heels and a skirt, Cable professes unease at her strange new
Jan 1, 1982 Wide
Aug 14, 2001
Nelson Entertainment
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Cast
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Louis Jourdan
Arcane -
Adrienne Barbeau
Alice Cable -
Ray Wise
Alec Holland -
David Hess
Ferret -
Nicholas Worth
Bruno -
Dick Durock
Swamp thing -
Don Knight
Ritter -
Al Ruban
Charlie -
Mimi Craven
Arcane's Secretary -
Tommy Madden
Little Bruno -
Ben Bates
Arcane Monster -
Bill Erickson
Young Agent -
Dov Gottesfeld
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All Critics (33) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (12) | DVD (11)
The film is too lazy to provide any actual jokes with its send-up of the genre.
Short on thrills and laughs.
Top CriticCraven tries to do this 'veggie-man' horror in a suitable DC Comics style; and with Louis Jourdan as arch-villain 'Arcane', not to mention Adrienne Barbeau (Mrs John Carpenter) as the Thing's object of desire, he's definitely on the right track.
One of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures.
[The film] wants desperately to be funny and, from time to time, it is. However, you might wish it would trust the audience to discover the humor for itself.
This campy adaptation of the DC Comics series has always been the odd title out in Wes Craven's horror filmography. It's all the better for it, since it's one of the few movies from this overrated auteur that I can personally stand.
'Swamp Thing' may be more of a rubber monster creature feature than a truly accurate comic book adaptation, but it's a treat for fans of the movie and the graphic novels.
Swamp Thing has many dubious qualities, but it clearly isn't a piece of product tested and polished to a blinding gleam, and the world is duller for not letting oddball efforts like this slip into theaters once in a while.
masterfully entertaining film on a limited budget
Has a novelty value absent from the equally broken comic book adaptations of 20 years later.
...a disappointingly thin endeavor that seems to have been designed to appeal solely to young boys...
A muddled genre confused mess of a film...
About as much fun as being lost in a swamp.
It's awfully likeable and definitely has a so-bad-it's-good quality.
Oh yes, Adrienne Barbeau. Thanks for the memories.
The whole thing is merely silly and not much fun.
Craven keeps the story moving at a sprint and writes some agonizingly (and probably intentionally) terrible dialogue.
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It's Swamp Thing. It's not Swamp Hamlet or MacBeth Thing.
Comic book sludge hero trashes bad guys.
Nutty, scary and fun
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