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Bookmark this pageSwamp Thing (1982)
Director: Wes Craven
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From Time Out Film Guide
A research scientist (Wise), contaminated while working on a government project in Louisiana bayou country, mutates into the peaceable and amorous 'swamp thing' (played by Durock). 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. At other times, the picture is right off its trolley. The budget limitations are pretty obvious, though the money did stretch to oodles of gunk and goo.Author: TCh
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- Richard Freeman said...
- Posted on Feb 18 2010 18:12 Forget the cruddy film read the Alam Moore comic book. You can get them in collected form, truly excellent stuff.
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Cast & crew
Director: Wes Craven
Producer: Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Davis Hess, Nicholas Worth, Dick Durock full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 91 mins
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