Swamp Thing

A scientist is blown up by his own secret serum, turning him into a giant plant-man. David Hess as a psycho mercenary is the only entertaining thing in this cheap, crappy sci-fi monster flick. Once he dies, the film becomes the drizzling shits and cannot even be saved by two guys in rubber suits sword fighting over a dripping wet Adrienne Barbeau. Barely of "Made-for-TV" quality.

Wow that sucked. Did it really take Adrienne Barbeau 40 minutes to figure out who Swamp Thing was? What an idiot. Well, at least she showed her glorious titties.

Wow, so this was curiously terrible. If you're thinking about watching this movie, every beat is covered in a way better fashion in the Incredible Hulk TV series. Coincidentally, the Lonely Man theme played in my apartment when I realized I had spent 90 minutes watching Swamp Thing.

LELAND PALMER WAS ONCE A MONSTER WITH A GOOD HEART. Wes Craven's uninspired Creature from the Black Lagoon. B-movie romantic, old-school, not gory practical effects are actually charming, but the second half is way worse than the first -- a way to say that the science thriller in it is better than the fantasy section. Craven knew how to scare, but he was definitely not a monster movie director. Should've been directed by Cronenberg or Dante.

Very corny, awful costume design, annoying B-film soundtrack, terrible dialogue that only rarely manages to be so terrible that it's funny and a love story that is so cliché. "Until then I'll always be with you." Oh, please... The only thing that was remotely funny in this film was the little black kid.

A crummy movie with a compelling performance by Adrienne Boobeau. I mean Adrienne Barboobs. I mean SWAMP THEM THAAAAAANGS

James Franco has nothing on the Swamp Thing. He loses an arm? no problem.

like a bad tv pilot with tits.

Would have been fun camp if it weren't drudgery to get through. Making Carla Tortelli the heroine was an odd choice.

[You commented on this movie] Review: First of all, Adam West is not in this movie. Second, I thought this movie would be at least a little scary, it's directed by Craven and the video stores have it in the horror section, but it's in no way scary. This movie is like the Toxic Avenger without the gore. It's not bad, but it's not good either.

"Oh shit, there goes the neighborhood." Most of this movie is pretty cool. It kind of devolves into a shameless homage to cheesy 50s sci-fi in the end but I still enjoy it.

54.1.

Ok, this is a bad movie. But it also knows it and it kind of rises above a generic bad movie. Sure, it's nothing more than some awful rubber suit monsters fighting in a swamp but ... it also has decent performances by Barbeau and Jourdan (as usual).

Better than I expected, but not so much.

Rambling mess. Boring, they should have just stuck with being ridiculous the entire time, which would have at least been mildly entertaining.

The first part is kinda interesting, as is the fact that in all honesty the protagonist is not Swamp Thing but Alice Cable - and she's pretty badass. Plus, Jude is a fun supporting character, even though the movie suddenly stops caring about him. By that point, the proceedings have already become rather repetitive and, well, boring, and the familiar themes and genre cliches certainly don't help. Also, it's way too obvious that Swamp Thing is a man in a suit, and it doesn't look very flattering.

"Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!" Great tagline, horrible movie - and a complete campy blast. Funny bad. What the hell kinda drugs was Wes Craven doing in 1982?

Supposedly a tribute to classic Universal monster films, Craven's take on the Swamp Thing is terminally lame, and it's hard to believe that he followed it up with A Nightmare On Elm Street only two years later; the difference in quality is stark in the extreme. There is no edge because the material is played too straight, and the few moments of humour and self awareness just don't work. Wise and Barbeau do their best with thinly written roles, but even they can't save it from the scrapheap.

Very corny, awful costume design, annoying B-film soundtrack, terrible dialogue that only rarely manages to be so terrible that it's funny and a love story that is so cliché. Until then I'll always be with you. Oh, please... The only thing that was remotely funny in this film was the little black kid.

I remember watching this when I was like six and thinking that it was utterly amazing. This movie takes way too long to pan out and it's a completely idiotic idea. I'll admit that when you put your 80's goggles on Adrienne Barbeau was pretty smoking, but time would strongly argue otherwise.

The story is barely average, and none of the characters are very good. The Swamp Thing suit is decent, though, and Swamp Thing has a decent amount of screen time. Not a very good movie, but it easily could have been worse.

This is sort of like a Godzilla movie: you know it's schlock, but it's fast-paced, with lots of action... and it has a heart. Entertaining in a trashy, guilty sort of way

Don't understand why this is tagged as horror, cause it's far from being scary of suspenseful. Just a very poor movie, and not just because Swamp Thing himself is just a guy in green suit

good, campy fun. gotta love the absurd monsters and horrible script

58.000

Campy, low budget fun.

I wuda given it lower but being a fan of Wes i give it a 60. Mr.Craven gets a bigger budget and the result is a decent mix of entertaining dumb humor and action, with a reasonable script. just don't watch the sequel.

Nostalgic cheese.

Adaptation of the DC comic book loses most of Bernie Wrightson's ornate Victorian gothic style, replaces it with B-movie southern gothic style. Atmospheric at first, but descends into a Rubber Monster Suit Freak Show . . . Swamp Thing is exactly as he should be, but the whole movie leaves you feeling like you need a shower. Adrienne's Barbeaus are the best special effect.

Under Quarantine Film Reviews #85: Considering the caliber of everyone involved in the making of this film its incredibly disappointing. It's just so incredibly boring with terrible dialogue. They don't even try to make Swamp Thing look scary, instead looks like an absolute numpty.

Em honra do centenário de Louis Jourdan. O cara trabalhou com Minnelli, Hitchcock e Ophuls e eu aqui assistindo O Monstro do Pântano em sua homenagem, hahaha. Nota: Não tinha a mínima ideia que o pai da Laura Palmer era o monstro do pântano na sua forma humana. BlurayRip RARBG.

Not too great. I liked the fact that the woman was sometimes quite badass. The Swamp costume is hilariously bad, but hey, what can you expect with a movie like this? Unfortionally it's boring most of the time

This film has some good moments but there needed to be more interesting characters. Adrienne Barbeau is good here even with the limitations of the script. Overall this film is a little bit disappointing.

57.500

kind of boring

A vegetarian nightmare or ecology propaganda? You be the judge.

David Hess's character should've just raped the Swamp Thing like he does in all his movies. Oh and nothing happens at all in this movie, it's DULL AS DIRT.

Terrible, horribleness. The plot seems to have taken a backseat to the campy atmosphere which has also taken a backseat to schlocky rubber-suited swap-man. Oh, and the only thing scarier than Swamp Thing in this movie is Adrienne Barbeau's hair. Poor Berni Wrightson.

Swamp Thing looks perpetually stoned.