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Swamp Thing

1982

Wes Craven

Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Alexander Hess ...

4.1

1,491

Horror. Fantasy. Drama Deep in Florida's darkest everglades, a brilliant scientist, Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise), and a sexy government agent, Alice Cable (Adrienne Barneau), have developed a secret formula that could end world hunger and change civilisation forever. Little do they know, however, that their arch nemesis, Arcane (Louis Jourdan), is plotting to steal the serum for his own selfish schemes. Looting the lab and kidnaping Cable, Arcane douses ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] had already won my heart before its moment of greatness, but when that moment came, I knew I'd discovered another one of those movies that fall somewhere between buried treasures and guilty pleasures (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] 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 (...) It seems afraid the audience will not get the point unassisted"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Craven seems to have set out to make a bad movie, and he's succeeded."
		Budd Wilkins Slant	"An enjoyable enough romp if taken as an amiably lunk-headed action flick (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Eric Goldman IGN	"For those of us who saw it as kids, 'Swamp Thing' has nostalgic appeal, but it’s a movie with too many flaws to be very accessible for those seeing it for the first time today."
		TV Guide	"[It] tries its best to play as a camp parody of 1950s creature features, complete with hokey dialog and men running around in rubber monster-suits, but it simply doesn't work (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		David Harley Bloody Disgusting	"[It] might be the campiest film of 1982 (...) 'Swamp Thing' feels like just another staple holding together the cheesiness of the 1980s."

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