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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
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.
Top CriticNutty, scary and fun
Short on thrills and laughs.
Top CriticThe whole thing is merely silly and not much fun.
Top CriticA movie that elevates bad moviemaking to a new level.
A silly, campy comic book adaptation that gets the tone just right and has the good sense to cast Adrienne Barbeau's breasts.
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Oh yes, Adrienne Barbeau. Thanks for the memories.
About as much fun as being lost in a swamp.
No review available.
What Brit writer Alan Moore made work on the printed page, is as dumb as the plot synopsis makes it sounds.
It's awfully likeable and definitely has a so-bad-it's-good quality.
hokey, but it's still fun
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Amusing little film from Wes Craven
No review available.
Craven keeps the story moving at a sprint and writes some agonizingly (and probably intentionally) terrible dialogue.
Silly cheesy fun from Wes Craven
August 31, 2009:
Joel Silver Prepping 3-D Swamp Thing 
The next "Superman" movie may take awhile to reach screens, but producer Joel Silver is keeping busy with another DC property: "Swamp Thing," which he'd like to film in 3-D. More...
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