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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:2
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.6/10
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 CriticShort on thrills and laughs.
Top CriticOne of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures.
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.
Top Critic
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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