Streaming Review: Swamp Thing, 1982
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- Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more! We review Wes Craven's foray into comic-book movies with 1982's Swamp Thing.
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Summary: Dr. Alec Holland, hidden away in the depths of a murky swamp, is trying to create a new species - a combination of animal and plant capable of adapting and thriving in the harshest conditions. Unfortunately he becomes subject of his own creation and is transformed . . . Arcane, desperate for the formula attempts to capture the Swamp Thing. An explosive chase ensues that ultimately ends with a confrontation between Holland and a changed Arcane . . .
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Arcane switched from holding the world hostage with the formula, to taking the formula himself, because he was smart enough to realize the formula made a person more of what they already were - The doctor turned into a very strong character, because he was an internally strong person. The henchman shrunk into an ugly imp, because, for all of his puffed-up bravado, he was really just an ugly little man inside. Arcane reasoned that he, because he was such a genius, would become an image of an even greater mind. He failed to see that his true self was a hideous monster, which is what he turned into.
I have loved this one since seeing it in theaters, due to its tongue in cheek sensibility. Even Siskel and Ebert liked it, Robin!
Sane here, we went to the drive in once a month throughout my childhood and Swamp Thing was one i loved seeing.
@@bubandlisa I'm sane, too! Got the papers to prove it.
Thank you for pointing this out.
I actually enjoyed this film, and I liked the sequel as well. Dick Durock is perfect as Swamp Thing (even if you can whine about the quality of the costume - it does get better in later projects), but for a PG movie, Adrienne Barbeau is ... rather noticeable (that is, her bra isn't).
Louis Jourdan is actually a departure for the role of Anton Arcane, who is usually depicted as an old man seeking youth and immortality, but he's still very good as the bad guy. As you noted, Robin, he DOES have experience in that.
One thing you have to remember if you're going into this movie cold: this was a couple of years before Alan Moore would redefine the character as an earth elemental, so don't expect the character and power development we are more familiar with today. That said, Durock does a great job as the character, and they did allow him to develop further over the course of the sequel and the first (and best) TV series.
This is easily one of Wes Craven’s most underrated films. It’s so weird watching this movie during the genesis of the superhero movie genre, i cannot wait to see what James Mangold does with his interpretation in James Gunn’s DC universe
after *Indiana Jones and the Derp of Destiny* I have lost quite a bit of faith in Mangold.
already been done, there was a show that was supposed to tie into the DCEU but got severed from it and put in its own universe
An underrated gem.
A Swamp Thing film that embodied some of the ideas and themes of Alan Moore's run on the comic would be great. A decent Hellblazer adaptation (although Sting might be a tad to old now!) would also be awesome.
I'd most definitely love to see a revival of Hellblazer.
This is the movie that DC started a new comic series of Swamp Thing that with the 20th issue would be written by Alan Moore
Adrienne Barbeau 🔥🔥🔥
Yummy
I appreciated the love story
Adrienne stood by her man
Swampy deserves a place in the DCCU. A lot of really good characters do. Just to let you guys know Swamp Thing first appeared in HOUSE OF SECRETS and story make the cover. There so many characters to make a good movie with CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN , DIAL H FOR HERO , THE METAL MEN , AMBUSH BUG ( that would be really great ) BAT-MITE , CREATURE COMANDOS , THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ( Who by the way delivered the best line in DC Comics. " Immortality ain't all its cracked up to be, take it from somebody who's been there.)
Nearly 100 years of comics history to draw from. All those were great titles.
Here a quiz question for you. What was the first comic book/@@eddysgaming9868
I would love to see a series based on _The Creeper,_ incorporating most of his various incarnations (not the one where he's basically an Etrigan knockoff) but primarily based on the 1997 body-horror series that delved into how Creeper was an expression of Jack Ryder's mental issues and all his other origins/variations were either delusions or implanted false memories. Episode one could feature Ditko's original colorful but cringe fake-laughing Creeper; at the end of the episode Jack begins to realize his origin story makes no sense. Episode two cold-opens with a different origin; perhaps the Dollar Tree-Joker origin from BTAS. Jack figures out this backstory is also nonsense just before he's eaten alive by hyenas. Episode three has Creeper's indigestible regenerating remains get puked up and dumped into a shallow grave from which Jack emerges alive, only to be taken prisoner by his arch-nemesis Proteus, whereupon he begins to learn Creeper's true origin and powers.
Loved how they made The Question a manakin in the clothing shop. On the next to last JLUthey had all of Ditko's characters run down the stairs together.@@ScreamingScallop
It's great fun. The point is, that the villain wants to control and own the formular to grow food anywhere - not to become Swamp Thing. The sequel is even more fun. Not all films need to inspire, or teach - some can be fun: and fun is in the eye of the beholder. Fun is nice - try it sometime.
and this one has boobies too!
Very true.
Please cover the greatest Marvel movie ever: Howard the Duck
Agreed 😊😊
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I love the swamp Thing comics. And I and I loved this movie as a kid.
But I definitely noticed all of the budgetary issues you addressed.
The budgetary restrictions are also very noticable in the suit.
Which thankfully improves in the sequel and TV show.
I've enjoyed Swamp Thing's appearances in animated movies.
I enjoyed his short lived recent series.
Especially in terms of tone and aesthetics.
I'd love to see him get more opportunities in movie and TV.
I've only caught it once, but there's one "damsel in distress" idea that it actually leaves out. The moment the henchmen find Adrienne Barbeau, they not only try kill her, but do that IMMEDIATELY. I know it's a PG film, but that's definitely leaving something out.
Swamp Thing was one of those movies in tge early 80s that was on HBO everyday, back when they only had so many movies to show, I loved this movie as a kid, we would actually play it in the woods behind my friends house, Krull was like that too, lots of fun.
I would like to see Swamp Thing benifit from a bigger budget, and from having it's origin story behind it.
Have you seen the 2019 TV series? It was pretty good before they cancelled it. :(
@@cord113 I was a fan of that too. Travesty they cancelled it.
I'd heard this, but never got around to seeing it.@@cord113
Did you ever look into why it was cancelled? Apparently everyone working on it kept getting told what a great job they were doing on it right up to the moment the plug was pulled. Some also said they weren't even given the actual reason for the cancellation. It's a real shame they rushed the end of the season as I war really getting into it. :( @@GiantBoarMonster
Just want to add that Henchman #1 is played by Nicholas Worth, an underrated character actor too often cast as a lunk, such as in "Shadowman". He's great in "The Naked Gun" as...well, as a henchman and does an unnerving turn as the psycho murderer in the nasty exploitation flick "Don't Answer the Phone".
He also plays Lenny in Sam Raimi's *Darkman.* "I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Durrant! Why... I don't even know how I got dressed!"
@@TheRealNormanBates Ah, yes, sorry: I did mean " Darkman", not "Shadowman". Oops!
I agree wholeheartedly that Swamp Thing does deserve a modern movie if it gets a good script and director and good casting and if it does well enough it might lead to a Justice League Dark movie.
Barbeau was ace (and the only thing i remembered from it as a kid) and I always liked Louis Jordan. Rewatching it recently, it was fine but let down by budget, poor action that reminded me of A-Team, and unintended goofiness. But it tries and I always liked Darkman's Nicholas Worth. Being a Columbo fan, it was nice to see Manc actor Don Knight in a fairly large supporting role (as well as Jourdan).
The 2019 TV series is worth watching if you haven't seen it. Unfortunately it was cancelled before they got to finish the first season properly.
they overspent to get that amazing quality so couldn’t afford to continue…
Yes a new Swamp Thing would kick @$$
I quite liked both movies I preferred the sequel the return of swamp thing, the costume and effects were better for one thing. I also thought the series with dick durock was pretty good it was popular at the time running for 3 seasons from 1990 to 1993 consisting of an impressive 72 episodes. Its a pity that The swamp thing series from 2019 only had one season of 10 episodes it was a bit more adult in it's execution and I would have liked a few more seasons to flesh it out a bit more, i found it enjoyable anyway. Swamp thing may not be the most popular character but he is still a fun character and he does have a few animated movie appearances from time to time, which are quite a welcome addition at least the character is not overused and as such it's nice to see him when he does appear.
There are two great things about this film, which is probably why the VHS copies all have that same glitch.
Yes, we need a new Swamp Thing movie as well as DC's other dark heroes (Hellblazer, Phantom Stranger, The Spectre, Deadman, The Demon, etc...) culminating in a Justice League Dark film. Assuming Warner doesn't mess it up.
But yeah, Wes Craven's movie deserves more love than it gets, for sure.
When DC’s decidedly B-tier “Blue Beetle” came out earlier this year, critics praised it as a “Throwback to those unpretentious low-stakes superhero movies of the 80’s”.
I thought, “Wait, there WEREN’T any ‘superhero movies’ between 70’s TV Hulk and ‘89’s Batman, what ‘80’s movie’ could they be talking abo….ohh, yeah. That makes sense. 😎”
...which is hilarious because one of the most-frequent complaints from all the little snots whining about MCU movies these days is that's they're "low-stakes."
There were a few other superhero efforts on television, and the movie _Doctor Mordrid_ is obviously a Doctor Strange story with the names changed.
Uh, have you forgotten about a few little movies starring one Mr. Christopher Reeve?
There was also Dolph Lundgren's Punisher
Jourdan played the same type of character in this comic book movie and in Bond's Octopussy just like Christopher Walken played the same character in another Dc comic book movie, Batman Returns and Bond 's A view to a kill , Max Zorin could be Max Schrek that survived the fall of the Golden Gate and moved to Gotham and changed his name
You had me at Adrienne Barbeau! WOOT!
When I grow up I want to be a supervillain with David Hess and Nicholas Worth as my henchmen.
I loved the 90s television series which used to air in the morning on a SKY channel. Once I was so engrossed that my boyfriend had to tell me to stop watching it and go to work!
I actually have a soft spot for this film. I don’t think it’s that bad, quite enjoyable if you don’t expect a masterpiece.
I loved it as a child.
I remember watching this flic as a kid & thinking 'Well... that ALOMST made it'.
Of course, as with most films, make sure to watch the right cut. You don’t want to see Adrienne topless. Stay strong, kings. 🤴🏻
I would LOVE to see Swamp Thing show up in a modern superhero movie!
I haven't seen the films since I was a kid, and I used to love the cartoon. I really should check them all out again.
I have to admit - the scene where Holland catches on fire and runs into the swamp. Whoever that stuntman was, he was absolutely 10,000% on fire. I have never seen anything as definitely on fire as that since I set my uncle's barn on fire when I was twelve.
And this was before CGI and deep fakes were in common use. Did they just douse the guy in gasoline, light a match and say, "well, I hope you make it to the water."
There are special suits for those stunts. They will protect the stunt performer for a few minutes.
Pretty much! All movies up to the 2000's had to do it in a physical way. *Halloween 2* and *Apocalypse Now* (during the village scene, when the Vietnamese girl throws the grenade into the Huey helicopter, and one of the soldiers gets out after it explodes) had stuntmen in special suits to withstand the flames. Hell, I think *Apocalypse Now* even used the William Shatner mask for the guy getting out of the helicopter too!
I loved this movie as a kid.
I remember being a kid and super excited to rent this. My pops got Toxic Avenger instead and to this day wben I read Swamp Thing it makes me think of ol Toxie and smile.
Great review 😊
Greetings from South Carolina 🎉
Saw this at a drive in when i was 13. It holds a great place for me nostalgia wise. Absolutely 💚 Swamp Thing
I enjoy Swamp Thing. I have watched it several times and have it on DVD
Swamp Thing was honestly my first superhero as a kid, due to this film, the sequel and the toyline from the early 90's, so it's very close to my heart.
That said, the flaws mentioned are there (just like they are in the Bill Bixby "The Incredible Hulk" series) but that doesn't detract from the fact that it is still a fun movie.
It's also interesting looking at it through the lens of it being a Wes Craven movie. His ambition was always to do more than just Horror films and here he is, doing a Superhero Action movie with some overtones of Horror, giving it a curiosity factor if nothing else.
As mentioned, the casting is all solid, especially the late great Dick Durock for once in the role of hero instead of background henchman and I have to say this: Louis Jourdan is better here than he is in "Octopussy."
I would like to see Swamp Thing make a comeback, but I'm in the minority that I didn't like Alan Moore's dark existential take in the comics and actually prefer the comic book goofiness of "The Return of Swamp Thing," so... we'll see what happens.
This is one of the rare movies (like Spawn) that really needs a remake with the technology that's used for superhero movies today.
I actually liked "Return of Swamp Thing"; it was clearly a lot of fun to make and was pretty amusing. NOT what Swamp Thing should be known for, but, there it is.....
The CW Network already broadcast a current iteration of a 'Swamp Thing' TV Series a couple of years ago. Naturally, it's 'ooookayyyy' but didn't get very far in the ratings. It lasted two seasons.
Adrienne Barbeau - ooooh yeah!!!
I enjoyed this film, I'd like to see a modern version.
Have you ever thought of reviewing Mr Vampire?
Rest In Power Louis Jourdan.
Did anyone else notice the title card for this has an extra N after the H so instead of saying swamp thing it does in fact say swamp thning
You're right, but that was more chopping mall Jim Wynorski rather than Witches of Breastwick Jim. The suit's way better and the monster effects are pretty stellar in Returns.
One of Wes Craven's forgotten movies. It's watchable with a cult status.
Yes. But a version true to his introduction as a tragic monster. More like the Universal monsters, than what he became later on.
This film was fine, I had been a fan since the Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson era with the character. They didn't have the budget to accurately portray that.
Not seen this or the sequel and not been inclined to do so. I did see the tv series from a few years back. It's interesting to see the character intros in this video, as they're in such a different tone than the tv version. Perhaps more comic booky is the phrase I want. To make the character work you've got to remember there's more to him than just a man/pile of plant hybrid. And this doesn't look as if it does that. That shot of the glades as he walks away from her after saying 'it's over' is really nice mind.
Swamp Thing is one of the projects announced by James Gunn for his first dc chapter. No further news on it yet though. So long as it features a certain scouse magician - an integral part of the mythos - and gets Matt Ryan to reprise the role, then I will be happy with it.
I actually saw the off-off-Broadway show, Swamp Thing, the musical. It was...ummmm...an experience. lol.
It even predicted "Like vs Like" finales in Superhero movies.
Somehow, if you look at it in a certain way, the movie screams "EC Horror" than "Superhero". And that was probably Wes Craven's (and Bernie Wrightson's) intentions.
The only way to do Swamp Thing justice on the big screen is to make a film or films based on the Alan Moore version.
Good video 🎉
I recently read the Len Wein _Swamp Thing_ run. From what I've gleaned here, about the only thing Craven got right was Swamp Thing's appearance; the mood/atmosphere certainly isn't evocative of Bernie Wrightson's art. Still, I'll watch it eventually. Wes Craven's filmography is such a strangely mixed bag, I want to watch all his films, including the ones I normally wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
I rather like the way Craven handled Holland in this, but Alice Cable got short changed and Arcane was turned into a giant canned ham. Of course the best parts of the sequel were Heather Locklear, who had fun with it, and Sarah Douglas, who at the time could make reading a phone book interesting. Douglas could still be goth as fuck in tweed while twiddling her fingers.
I saw Swamp.Thing in '83 when it was first released. It made no great impression. I enjoyed it for its campy qualities but not much more. The Swamp Thing suit was terrible and would be greatly improved in the sequel, which I'm not sure if I ever watched in its entirety. I did inspire me to read the comic book for a while and stopped until someone suggested that I begin reading it again because this British writer named Alan Moore had completely reinvented the character. I cannot recall the last time I watched this. It must be over thirty years. I'm surprised there hasn't been a big screen Swamp.Thing film, but I imagine there will be in the foreseeable future when DC has exhausted everyone with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman and they're looking for something to revitalize their brand. They'd be wise to steal some ideas created by Alan Moore, especially his ability to travel wherever vegetation grew and create a new body. My favourite issue is when he turns Gotham City into a giant rain forest when they refuse to release his girlfriend Abby from prison. Needless to say Batman was pissed off about this. One unforgettable moment is when Batman is confronted by several Swamp Things which proceed to pummel him senseless. It's refreshing to see Batman being on the receiving side of a beating.
I love both these movies they introduced me to Swamp Thing and given there budget limitations they are fine movies the Swamp Thing suit look better in the second. They are silly and campy and now I know more about the character sort of don't really match the character in the comics but I still love them.
If you want a version that stick much closer to feel of the character the 2000's TV show is a dark and much more horror than either of these with a couple effects moment that reminded me of John Carpenter's The Thing. Sadly it was cancelled after one season due to someone screwing up their budgeting. But all is not lost James Gunn has promised a new Swamp Thing project so fingers crossed.
So DC wanted a new Swamp Thing tittle to simultaneously come out the movie for promotion, so they got Alan Moore do his Swamp Thing run, which helped kick start the British invasion of the 80s and 90s, so this movie is partly responsible for many popular comics
Your Beauty &the Beast comment may have Adrienne Barbeau's feelings Robin. Not a bad little movie & boy is the sequel terrible. I would be fine if he joined the DCU of films. As long as they adapted from Alan Moore's epic run on the book. Very deep & very strange & so so good.
this is the first Craven movie i saw.
I liked this one. Before swamp thing was rewritten by alan moore as a mystical being.
Lol, nice review, but I think you guys should Iook closely at that thumbnail title, 😂*there's some THNING wrong! Lol
It's great! *_SWAMP THNING_* has a nice ring to it
@chiefscheider3445 I think you have some thning there....this could be a thning!
I watched it every time it was in cable, when I was a kid. Even though I thought it looked kind of cheesy, it was still fun. Looking at it now, it looks even worse. Lol. Also, this was 80s PG where you could have nudity (Adrienne Barbeau's bathing scene, which was longer in the international version). That's not a thing any longer.
Especially if they adapt Alan Moore’s Anatomy Lesson.
There are two good reasons to watch this movie and they both belong to Miss Barbeau.....
She does have beautiful eyes, yes
I actually use this movie as my basis for whether or not a movie is bad. A movie less entertaining than Swamp Thing is bad, with those of roughly equal quality being "passable".
Swamp Thing in the _current_ DC Universe? Aw HELL no! Not in the state it is in now!
I could see the writers of the Netflix *Daredevil* tackling Swamp Thing... but good luck on that.
[Obligatory mention that our scientist hero Ray Wise would go on to play the legendary Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks"]
Terrible movie based on my favorite comic book "superhero" (although that's mainly because of the radical reshaping he got from writer Alan Moore a few years after this movie).
The short-lived 2019 TV series was strong sometimes, although it leans too heavily on the town soap opera (possibly partly a result of budget) and suffers from the usual comic book franchise problem of shoehorning in a time-wasting subplot about another character that they wanted to spin off into his own series.
Swampy is so mismanaged, just leave the poor thing alone.
The New 52 version was magnificiently promising, and the cancelled new tv-series was also at least good (especialy compared to the Man-Thing movie from Marvel).
Swamp Thing was one of my favorite DC comics, along with Hellblazer and Sandman. When they try to adapt Swamp Thing, they use the older source material and not the Alan Moore occultish Swamp Thing, unfortunately. Although the last 20 years of swamp thing follows the Moore version of Swamp Thing and has been awful. The Green and the Red was a neat idea, but it's overdone.
DAVID HESS!!!
Oh, I thought that was him - good eye! And I totally didn't recognize Ray Wise until Robin named him.
Respect due
Laura Palmer's father and Maude's daughter in the same movie. Who would have thought....
SWAMP THNING!!
1:23 was that Steve Urkle?
Have you read Alan Moore's run on the comics?
What did Jim Wynorski ever do to you?
Regarding the current DC multiverse, I wouldn’t be truly interested in watching “The swamp person”…
Swamp Them II
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Wait, a sci-fi DC review without commetary from the DC Science Adviser? Was the video overbudget?
What about Dolph Lundgren as The Punisher from 89?
What about Dolph Lundgren as Swamp Thing... 2026? 😮🙃
What's a James Bond movie villian doing in this film?
there's only one reason I even bother watching Swamp Thing or its sequel and that's Louis Jourdan.
I gotta admit to liking this, and other such low-budget attempts like it, to make superhero films a lot more nowadays than then, because I feel like the efficiency of Marvel makes their films entirely watchable - and entirely forgettable. There's nothing that will stand out in modern superhero cinema, and Netflix has copied the formula for a lot of its original movies, leading to a slew of films that are all adequately made, yet have nothing about them that makes them standout. I saw every single Marvel film up to Endgame, and I couldn't tell you one memorable moment akin to Swamp Thing getting his arm lopped off.
Swamp Thning?
So, DC only wants to make dark, gritty movies. Swamp Thing takes place in the swampy lands of South Carolina. Southern Gothic is a thing. The comic was co-created and drawn by one of the greatest horror comic artists. The character eventually finds out he's not the scientist, but a new creature born of the swamp and decay. WHY IS DC NOT MAKING A NEW SWAMP THING MOVIE?!?!
This was a amazing film if you were about 10 like I was haha
Fairly fun little movie, but not up to the magnificent original comics from Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. And definitely not up to the quality of the legendary Alan Moore run, which started a couple of years after the film.
There was a very shallow attempt at a Man-Thing (Marvel) movie that was pretty awful in itself, might be worth a look after the better portrayal in Werewolf By Night.
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Swamp Thing - I thought the movie was kind of lame, and the suit looks like a suit. I didn't hate it, but it's not my favorite.
Return of Swamp Thing - Much better suit, but using his natural speaking voice and acting like a normal person kind of ruins it for me.
Swamp Thing (1990 series) - I liked it, but due to the TV show budget, it always felt really small scale. I also hated the Jim character. I did have a crush on his mother though. :)
Swamp Thing (2019 series) - I started watching this and loved it! Then I heard that it had been canceled and my interest for watching the rest of the episodes dropped to zero. Why? Because I knew it would end on some kind of a cliffhanger, or at the very least, a twist that sets up a whole new plot line. Why should I waste my time caring about something that will never have an ending?
Shame the suit was so bad
Surprisingly enough, the sequel is better, and the show is better than that (in tone consistency and costume at least).
I loved this movie when I was a child but not so much as an adult, and that goes for a lot of movies from this era unfortunately.
The 1989 sequel is terrible, unfortunately.
While never a big fan of Swamp Thing in general, and certainly not of the movies in particular, I did have high hopes for Marvel’s 2005 Man-Thing movie, which unfortunately ended up going direct to the Sci-Fi Channel, and despite having decent effects, was pretty awful otherwise 🫤