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- 1982
- PG
- Embassy Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 1982
- PG
- Embassy Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
Summary After a violent incident with an unusual chemical, a research scientist is transformed into a swamp plant monster.
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Wes Craven
- 1982
- PG
- Embassy Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 1982
- PG
- Embassy Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
Swamp Thing
50
5.7
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Summary After a violent incident with an unusual chemical, a research scientist is transformed into a swamp plant monster.
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Wes Craven
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Positive
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3 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
50
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It all adds up to a surefire cult film in the making.
Swamp Thing isn't completely successful at banishing the old corkers and stereotypes, but it's a harmless, watchable comic-book thriller, refreshingly suitable for kids of almost any age.[10 May 1982, p.C2]
User Score
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Based on 25 User Ratings
5.7
40% Positive
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20% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 User Ratings
5.7
40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Swamp Thing has many dubious qualities, but it clearly isn’t a piece of product tested and polished to a blinding gleam, and the world is duller for not letting oddball efforts like this slip into theaters once in a while.
Deserves - to be "watched" with steam on the windshield and passion in the air. When the monster in a monster flick packs all the fearsome wallop of an overripe avocado, one needs some diversion.[8 June 1982]
Wes Craven's Swamp Thing 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.
Although SWAMP THING was definitely aimed at a different audience than THE HILLS HAVE EYES, Craven fails to capture the gothic quality of its comic book inspiration--which had some genuinely frightening and grotesque moments. Instead, the whole thing is merely silly and not much fun.
Craven seems to have set out to make a bad movie, and he's succeeded.
