Swamp Thing

1982
PG
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

17K

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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

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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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.

Connections
Edited into The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

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Good Scenes Complimented with Not so Good Scenes

Not a masterpiece by any means but still an entertaining film with a couple of postives. One, the appearence of Adrienne Barbeau who shows here why she was a mainstay in American horror films during the late 70s to early 80s. Two, the humorous but slightly dark appoarch of the material. Now for the negatives of the films. One, the acting goes from being very good to very bad in seconds. Two, the inconsistency of the film's sequences and story. Swamp Thing(1982) is what I consider a transitional film that bridges his early films of Last House on the Left(1972), and The Hills Have Eyes(1977) to his mid 1980s films like A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984). A very satifying performance is given by Last House on the Left(1972) actor, David Hess. Its too bad that Craven never worked with David Hess after this film because Hess added a true feeling of screen villainly in his performances for LHOTL & Swamp Thing(1982). Swamp Thing(1982) belongs in the category of cult classic status and as a middle of the road type of film for Wes Craven.