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| Review Summary |
Federal agent Alice Cable (Barbeau) is sent to the Louisiana swamps to help guard a secret government project run by Dr. Alec Holland (Wise), who hopes to cross the genes of humans and plants. Commandos in the employ of his rival, Dr. Anton Arcane (Jourdan) attack the compound, and in the confusion and fire, Holland is transformed into Swamp Thing (Durock) -- half-man, half-plant -- with tremendous strength and remarkable regenerative powers. Alice has rescued his final notebook from the battle, so Arcane's thugs come after her, with Swamp Thing helping to protect the fast-thinking, two-fisted heroine until both are captured and placed in a dungeon in Arcane's mansion. At last the villain has the formula, and he intends to use it to take over the world. Veteran horror director Wes Craven wrote and shot this 1982 film early in his career, and though it reaches for the tenderness and pathos of the 1970s DC Comic that inspired it, the film is weak and uneven.
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- Bioformed into another form of life
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlng, curly
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- An "It".
Hair color
- other weird color
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- French
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
- lab
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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