It's awfully likeable and definitely has a so-bad-it's-good quality.
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06/13/08
Swamp Thing (1981)
72 %
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Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 18
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus: Unabashedly campy -- often to its detriment -- Swamp Thing is not without its charms, among them Adrienne Barbeau as the damsel in distress.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: In an attempt to relieve the world of hunger, a group of scientists develop a chemical which causes things to grow at a prodigious rate. When the substance is spilled on one of the researchers, he... [More]
Starring: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess
Director: Wes Craven
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Reviews for Swamp Thing
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10/26/07
Oh yes, Adrienne Barbeau. Thanks for the memories.
09/29/07
The whole thing is merely silly and not much fun.
04/16/07
Top CriticShort on thrills and laughs.
04/16/07
Top CriticCraven keeps the story moving at a sprint and writes some agonizingly (and probably intentionally) terrible dialogue.
04/09/07
Craven 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.
02/09/06
It's Swamp Thing. It's not Swamp Hamlet or MacBeth Thing.
08/20/05
No review available.
07/21/05
Comic book sludge hero trashes bad guys.
12/28/04
Nutty, scary and fun
11/08/04
One of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures.
10/23/04
Top Critic[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.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
09/20/03
No review available.
07/16/03
A silly, campy comic book adaptation that gets the tone just right and has the good sense to cast Adrienne Barbeau's breasts.
07/14/03
Silly cheesy fun from Wes Craven
01/09/03
hokey, but it's still fun
12/23/02
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