The whole thing is merely silly and not much fun.
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04/16/07
Swamp Thing (1981)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:18
Rotten:8
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
Short on thrills and laughs.
04/16/07
A movie that elevates bad moviemaking to a new level.
07/25/01
About as much fun as being lost in a swamp.
11/04/09
What Brit writer Alan Moore made work on the printed page, is as dumb as the plot synopsis makes it sounds.
01/01/00
No review available.
09/20/03
No review available.
10/26/07
[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
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
No review available.
10/04/02
Oh yes, Adrienne Barbeau. Thanks for the memories.
09/29/07
No review available.
07/21/05
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 awfully likeable and definitely has a so-bad-it's-good quality.
06/13/08
hokey, but it's still fun
12/23/02
No review available.
07/29/02
Amusing little film from Wes Craven
08/26/02
Nutty, scary and fun
11/08/04
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