Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: SWAMP THING
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- Before Wes Craven gave the world Freddy Kruger, he made "Swamp Thing" (1982), a movie about everyone's favorite big green superhero that isn't the incredible Hulk!
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Fun fact: In the comics, Swamp Thing's wife, Abby, *was* put on trial for crimes against nature . . . in Gotham City. Swamp Thing responded by covering the city in plant life. Batman spent quite a bit of time wondering what Poison Ivy had done this time before running into Swamp Thing and learning the truth. Abby wasn't in jail much longer after that.
The Swamp Thing Movie was based on the Original 70's comic not the latter series that was written by Alan Moore.
Now that would make a great movie.
And then Swamp Thing died...or at least found his life essence shot out into space, unable to reform on Earth. Unfortunately, Jim Wynorski didn't bother to adapt anything from Moore's run other than the love scene with Abby, so we never got to see Swamp Thing form into a giant monster made up of horrified sentient plant people.
My favorite was The War in Hell with the Black thing that ask the question of what was Evil. Some how I done think that any Movie would ever do that story with the ending. (the End of God?)
yeah the American Gothic arc with the first appearance of John Constantine. He gets Swamp Thing to go around and encounter various horrors like underwater vampires who live beneath the swamp and turn children into more of their ilk, a female werewolf curse that happens due to both the property she and her husband live on and when she gets her period, a movie set near his swamp that uses a haunted plantation and the actors become the slaves, master and mistress also ZOMBIES!
To quote James Rolfe, "this film is the missing link between Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Toxic Avenger."
Jude was one of the best child characters in any movie. That kid wasn't shaken by anything.
I got to meet Adrienne Barbeau at a convention, and she's a really sweet person.
And so dainty!
StCerberusEngel The only movie I’ve seen her in is Creepshow, so she must be a good actress if that’s true.
I forgot this movie existed
Her T#ts are really sweet too!😜
We also lost David Hess back in 2011. He was an awesome dude. Spoke with him a lot on Facebook.
Did he have any stories about Swamp Thing?
@@Kurtsg10 we usually just talked about everyday thins
Fun fact: the Swamp Thing comic introduced John Constantine. For those of you who don't know, Constantine is an English occult detective and sorcerer who acted as a supernatural advisor to Swamp Thing. He eventually got his own comic series called Hellblazer. It ran for 300 issues from 1988 to 2013.
He's also bisexual and I love him
Louis Jourdan, an actor who appeared in classic Hollywood and European movies, played D'Artagnan, Dracula, Count of Monte Cristo and a Bond villain, still manages to be classy despite the quality of the movie.
This was on constantly on HBO right around the time they were also playing Kenny Rogers' Six Pack, Rocky III, and The Sting, Too.
1985?
Adrienne Barbeau pause: 😍😍😍
& thankfully I have the "overlooked" PG version. 😄
YES! My kid was born this week and Brandon's doing one of my favorite Wes Craven/Comic book/ Cult movies! What a time to be alive!
You have truly made my week!
Daniel Allen
That's wonderful. I hope you continue to enjoy your week!
Congrats and enjoy the expanding family ! Also I hope your kid keeps your fun taste in non traditional/out there entertainment!
Not to mention there was a Swamp Thing cartoon in the 90's
What's a "kid"?
"Right in his rapin' area." And that's why I gotta keep watching.
Lol at the "Darkman" reference. Not only did the bad guys set Holland on fire like Westlake in Darkman, but that bald guy is a henchman in both movies.
Dick Durock actually played the Hulk in the 70's Incredible Hulk TV series in only one episode while Lou Ferrigno was playing a human character in the episode. (I can't remember the episode name unfortunately)
Close. Not the *actual* Hulk, but he played a sort of proto-Hulk that was the alter ego of a character called Dell Frye, who'd been exposed to gamma radiation in the '50s. The episode was called The First.
Adrienne Barbeau, growing up she gave me an appreciation for...'healthy' women.
Truly amazing how much plastic surgery women put themselves thru to try to look that good. & Adrienne Barbeau was ALL natural. Same can b said about Marilyn Monroe. She was beautiful. Nowadays she'd b called "fat", "bbw", & "full figured". & except for her hair she was all natural, too.
UR TALKING ABOUT HER BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBS
@@sciencefantastic I have no idea what you mean, clearly he's talking about her Beeeeeeewwwwbsss!!!
You know, I never understood that until just watching this. My dad REALLY liked her and I could never figure out why; even growing up pretending that girls sucked, I didn't think she was attractive. My dad apparently called her "Adrienne Boobdeau" away from us kids.
Now I can see it.
booba
15:29 Oh no! The formula turned him into Manbearpig!
SUPER CEREAL
Half man. Half bear. Half pig!
Half man, half bearpig
Funny that you keep making all the Hulk references here.
Dunno if you missed it in your research, or if you're saving it for the next SwampThing movie review,
but Dick Durock actually has a connection to the Hulk.
I recall the old 70's Incredible Hulk TV show had an episode titled: "The First".
(I think that it might have been 2 parter episode)
Wherein, it was about how Bruce Banner (Bill Bixby) discovers that someone else besides him,
had become a "Hulk" years earlier before he himself did, but had also been cured of it.
That other "Hulk" in this episode.........was also played by Dick Durock too.
Ah yes... that was the Halloween episode, wasn't it? I remember how the implied that the Dick Hulk tore people apart and enjoyed to kill.
My parents were a big fan of The Hulk tv series and I do remember an episode where the normal Hulk is battling another Hulk that is an older man. So it was "Young Hulk" versus "OId man Hulk."
Adrienne Barbeau's breasts! And Swamp Thing was in the film too.
Arcane's masks would have certainly helped Darkman!
The same 'new age BS' was used in Captain America as well, the serum amplified Steve's positive attributes and made the Red Skull evil.
Who would have thought the Toxic Avenger would be a franchise with toys, cartoon and three films.
Swamp Thing was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I didn't realize it before but I think watching this movie 50+ times might have lead to my love of huge, huge hair.
Меня тоже фильм в детстве впечатлил. Сейчас избалованному Марвелом зрителю фильм про Болотную тварь покажется мусором. Но вот в 90х в России в первые этот фильм показался не тривиальным. Тут монстр Болотная тварь монстр который выступает на стороне бобра... то есть добра. А ещё эти ужасные эксперименты по превращению людей в монстров циничным учёным внушали ужас.
I'm surprised Adrienne didn't ask him to call her Billie....everyone does😂😂
Listening to her voice I was just thinking that!
Haha, now you're getting into films I actually saw as a kid! I remember seeing this movie on HBO after it came out in rather '82 or '83. The scene where he gets set on fire and has to jump into the swamp and then transformed into the Swamp Thing shortly after was burned into my young impressionable mind.
Swampthing was my favorite movie series of all time. I loved it growing up and still do
You should definitely do the Lundgren Punisher film. That one is so much fun.
Fun fact: they made a crappy Swamp Thing cartoon that had a horrendous version of “Wild Thing” as it’s theme song. That’s right, they rewrote a song about a sexy girl to be about a huge green monster in a swamp... hold on, is Swamp Thing the inspiration for Shrek?!
The action figures that came out for that toon were pretty cool IMO. But gawd yeah that theme song was the definition of cringe, listening to it again today! The live action TV show is pretty goofy too.
I actually remember watching that along with Toxic Crusader and few others that had animated series. That was a weird time, even weird anime is more normal compared to them.
Swamp Thing is Love, Swamp Thing is Life
I disagree.... Nothing "out Weirds" Japan when it comes to animation. *ahem* please take of the following series: Bobobo bo bo bobo , Hare+Guu. , Nichijou. , Uzumaki , JoJo's Bizarre adventure , FLCL , . Cromartie highSchool , Shimoneta , Gyo: Tokyo Fish attack , and for the mind scarring one.. . Aiken , Midori: Shoujo Tsubaki , elfin laid , apocalypse Zero and of course violence Jack..... nothing gets weirder more disturbing or more insane then anime ....
Ranjira dunno, I think comic books come pretty close.
13:23 fun fact: the uncut "extra nudity" version is only available in Europe, as Adrienne Barbeau refused to have it released in the US. The good news is that if you have a region free blu-ray player, you can purchase the uncut SWAMP THING blu-ray from amazon.de:
www.blu-ray.com/movies/Swamp-Thing-Blu-ray/198823/#UserReviews
It's a shame the new Swamp Thing series got cancelled after its first season. It's been pretty good so far.
I loved Swamp Thing as a kid. I used to have an action figure, and I watched his show, and movies. He's awesome.
Please do "Radioactive Dreams". Michael Dudikoff and John Stockwell in a post-apokalyptic world filled with cannibals, disco-mutants and swing-music.
The Dr. Arcane transformation scene terrified me as a kid- even though I laugh hysterically at it nowadays. Apparently, the Arcane-Monster was supposed to be a baboon-reptile monster but the lack of budget forced the special effects guy to improvise a "pig crossed with the creature from the black lagoon."
I do love Blockbuster Buster's name for it, @Brandon Tenold, "Piggy-Bacca."
Same here, I saw the movie for the first time as a young kid. The villain transformation did scare me enough to scream or anything or have nightmares, but I certainly didn't like it.
You ROCK bro! These reviews are exactly on point every time!
When I first saw this movie many years ago I enjoyed it. And now that I know more about Swamp Thing I can still go back to this movie and Sequel and enjoy it just as much as I used to.
I actually just watched this last night on the DVD with the international cut, I thought it was fun although I agree it didn't play top Wes Craven's strengths and had trouble finding the right tone. I saw the return of swamp thing when I was a kid and loved it, it was campy fun. I also watched the animated series when it first aired, it had a great theme song. Should be interesting to see what the new series on DC's upcoming streaming service is like.
"I see---BOOO HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HA!!!" "What was that?" "Hmmm? Oh, nothing. Talk to you later, bye!" Awesome, dude.
Also, did anyone ever notice that the Swamp Thing costume looked better somehow in the sequel? Which looked like it cost about 1/10th of this movie's budget. Beats me.
Hey Brandon, you need to do a review on the movie "Prophecy". The one with the giant, mutated bear, not the Christopher Walken one.
Agreed! Did you know that Prophecy is one of Stephen King's favorite bad movies?
Although... your comment now makes me want a horror movie about a giant mutated bear played by Christopher Walken.
Andrew Parsons i remember watching it when I was about 6-7 years old. Absolutely terrified me as a kid. I watch it now and laugh lol especially when the kid in the sleeping bag gets killed.
No, we need the one with Walken, too. He is so awesome in that movie
My favorite slice of dialog from this film:
Adrienne Barbeau and the kid are walking through the woods and pass the crashed jeep.
Kid: "What happened to the car?"
AB: "Oh....I ran into a tree."
Kid: "Must've been one of those hit-and-run kind of trees."
It's interesting he can regrow his arm from the little beam of light in the dungeon pretty quickly, while standing outside for hours did jack all for him.
I know it's the nostalgia, but I still really Love this movie and Dick Durock will always be one of my heroes.
Swamp thing is criminally underrated
In 1981 our house got cable TV for the first time. The two most popular movies on cable then were Star Wars: A New Hope, and Swamp Thing. The two played in heavy rotation(Back when cable only had about 30 channels) on HBO and TMC. I think I saw this 20 times before I was 13.
TMC came out in 1994
@@bobbya1938 You may be thinking about another channel. TMC-The Movie Channel was started in 1973 after Warner bought it when it was Star Channel. It went National as a cable movie service in 1979.
I love the intro music to the second movie Born on the Bayou with the DC comic book covers shown. Heather Locklear as well 😜
AUSSIE TRANSFORMERS yes I like the opening of that second movie too which shows the history of small things through images of DC Comics and the song Born on the Bayou
Cable " Is there gun ?"
Jude" What kind of place do you think this is? Of course there is."
Jude was great.
7:02 nice timing on the Darkman reference is as one of Durant’s henchman shows up to hand Arcane something the very next moment.
after watching this review its kinda fitting that Dick Durock also played an "Evil" Hulk in the TV series titled "THE FIRST".
If you really want to have fun, you should review the sequel 'The Return Of Swamp Thing' too. 😂
What about part 3? ..."Swamp Thing: Revelations"
I remember seeing this movie once when I was a kid, and I wanted to watch it again, to pay more attention. But the only time I ever saw anything "Swamp-Thing" related on TV was the TV series that you mentioned coming out.
RIP Wes Craven.
So now we don't get any more of Adrienne's Barbeaus? Thanks a lot, Karen!!
The uncut International version is now available in the U.S. on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray from MVD as part of their Rewind Collection. The Rewind Collection is for films not previously released (uncut if at all) on Blu-ray.
I'd like to see you do some Cheesy Dinosaur film for Jurassic Park's 25th anniversary and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. That'd be fun.
Bryce Mckenzie he reviewed the Carnosaur films a few months ago.
He's done a lot of those already, but hey, the more the merrier xD
"Dinosaurus", "Caveman" and "Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell" would be ideal picks for this show. ;)
Cheesy dinosaur film... Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom... it feels like it's answering _someone's_ question.
Bryce Mckenzie
Fallen Kingdom is a good movie.
Loved this movie as a kid. Thanks for reviewing it!
I spent a lot of time in the theaters in 1982! It was time well spent
Fun Fact: In the comic, Cable was Abby's (first) married name,. Her maiden name is.... Arcane!
No turkish film?? Nooooooo....wait swamp thing? Yes
wait till the next movie
Swamp Thing is actually one of my favorite comic characters. Snyder's run of the character really pushes the horror theme of the character. Of course, Alan Moore really made the character who he is. Shame Moore is crazy now.
TyranusRex721 Outside of aging fatigue, how is Moore anymore crazy now than he’s always been? It’s why his work was so interesting, crazys think outside the box
Alan Moore was always a bit nuts, but I mean he really went off the deep end. Same goes for Frank Miller.
TyranusRex721 Frank got a bit better, at least. You can kind of see a bit of the classic Frank in TDK3: The Master Race, but that’s mainly because he had Azzarello to reign him in a bit.
Bicycles could also explode in the 80's.
I bring Justus Don't forget cocaine! 😍 (not a druggy btw)
Kool-Aid even exploded in those days. ....Pop Rocks
If it was made in the eighties or featured in eighties media, it just exploded.
Back then, when you tripped or stubbed your toe, your shoe would explode.
I loved this movie when I was a kid and I haven't seen it since the 80s.
Considering how Dr. Holland was trying to combine animals with plants, he's lucky he didn't get turned into Plantimal, another (albeit obscure) comic book monster.
Love the Boggy Creek reference
That’s so cool. I met Adrian Barbeau in 2006 at a convention in Atlanta called DragonCon. Also, she’s known as the voice of Catwoman and Batman TAS
Oh neat
This is one of those movies that is just as fun to watch with the sound turned down.
Holy shit! Theres nothing more haunting than seeing a sci-fi movie that you liked 35 yrs later. Take me, cruel world!
This movie is still nostalgic and awesome in my head. Little kid me refuses to let adult me re-watch and ruin it.
The swamp scenes were filmed at Cypress Gardens in Berkeley County, SC. Parts of The Patriot, The Notebook, An Occasional Hell, Peter Fonda's and Katherine Heigl's The Tempest and others were filmed there. A friend provided reptiles for The Tempest and kept alligators away from the actors.
Well I know at the time of the movies Allan Moore was writing him and it was during one of his more popular runs also, so that might have had some push for the syndication. Allan Moore's run is pretty unique also
I think someone on SNL once referred to her as "Adrienne Bimbeau". Years later, she did the voice of CATWOMAN on the 90s WB "BATMAN" cartoons!
I actually liked this one. Great cast, and Craven has a good way to progress a story.
Fun fact: "Alice Cable" is a mix of Matt Cable and Abigail Arcane, and Alec Holland was not single. The character they turned into his sister is his wife in the comics (and not his sister, because this being the swampy hicks you gotta be specific about details like that).
Brandon reviewing a DC film? YES!
batboy 1989 remember this ain't the first. There's the two Turkish Superman movies, Turkish Batman and Korean Wonder Woman!
No he ment a real dc comic movie not turkish rip off
Monster Master Gojira is does not count becost there fake
He ment real dc films
'Mountain Dew' in Swamp Thing = Re-animation agent in 'Re-Animator'.
Nice! Huge Swampy fan, loving the new series. This is mos def my new favorite channel🤘
Also, Matt Cable and Ferret are from the comics.
To bad it getting cancelled thanks WB and DC
Well, Siskel and Ebert both really liked it. The uncut International version is now available in the U.S. on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray from MVD as part of their Rewind Collection. The Rewind Collection is for films not previously released (uncut if at all) on Blu-ray in the U.S..
One of the biggest ironies is that the costume for the USA Network TV series was far, far superior to the outfit seen in this movie. Much more massive and intricately more detailed with all sorts of vines threading across its surface, quite comparable to the comics concept. Sincerely, Bill
To Brandon: Have you done a review on the film, Gymkata? Yeah, martial arts with a pommel horse....
I've recently stumbled upon your channel, and I'm glad I have. Keep up the good work, sir!
Adrienne B. actually did some pretty good acting, not gonna lie. But damn, she had a pretty unique beauty, always enjoyed seeing her in a movie.
You don’t have to buy your shirts from the kids section anymore Brandon, you’re a star now.
I have been watching u for 2 years now…and “looks like someone put Grimmis in the microwave” could be the best line yet…😂😂😂well done
Brandon needs to review the Marvel equivalent of the Swamp Thing: Man Thing from 2005. And boy do you think the effects in this movie were subpar.
wstine79 he did review a Marvel movie. He's reviewed 3 Dev Adam (Turkish Spider-Man) and Dr. Strange (1978).
He reviews CULT movies. Man Thing does not qualify
There was a Man-Thing movie!?
Michael Thomas it's a real movie and it was awful.
Yeah there is a Sci-Fi channel version and an R-rated DVD version... Both sucked.
You are great at making these! Keep it up!
I have an interesting history with this film. When I first saw it I absolutely loved it. It made me interested in DC comics and made Swamp Thing my favorite DC Superhero for a long time. I rewatched the film about a year later and still liked it, but then a out a year ago I rewatched the film again, and the movies flaws really stuck out to me then. It's got bland characters, an insanely fast pace, hit and miss special effects and an extremely typical and paper thin plot.
Louis Jourdan (Arcane) was an excellent Dracula in a very faithful BBC television adaptation of Stoker's novel made in the mid-70s.
1:53 giant sized man thing joke, yes, liked and subscribed (though i already sub but whatever) thank you so much dude
Andrew Viewtieful Tachibana "Ladies..."
no its lllllladies
Whelp, I have been watching through all your videos and so far this marks the halfway point. Keep up the good work, Brandon!
Lucio Fulci, hah, you should eventually do Conquest at some point.
I was a huge fan of the remake that had the tv series on USA Network.
Don't forget RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING featuring 80s babe Heather Locklear.
Love the Swamp Thing TV series!
Alea Anderson yeah it introduced the world to Kari Wuhrer so that's a huge plus. She was one of the hottest babes around in the mid 90s to early 2000s.
"Hehe that's not my arm baby..." I lost it there
Love that thumbnail
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Man, I got a little nostalgic listening to the song you put in from the original Hulk show when Swamp thing was walking away
“Nailed? So he got f*cked to death?”
No, you’re thinking of “screwed”.
The monster makeup in this film was created by the same guy who did the makeup for Blackenstein. Surprised?
Speaking of made for TV movies: Craven once directed a made for TV movie called "Invitation to hell". Check that one out of if you haven't seen it yet. It's a bit like a long episode of the Twilight Zone.
Ray Wise was also Jack Taggart Sr in Jeepers Creepers 2, Perry White in Superman: Doomsday, the Secretary of State in X-Men: First Class and Jim Gordon in Batman: The Killing Joke
Was'nt he in the first Robocop, as one of Boddicker's gang?
@@randomguy2518 I dunno. I never saw Robocop.
Again, great review, but I hope you discover the BEST CULT HERO FILM: "The Naked Man," with Michael Rapaport, produced by Ethan Coen, directed by J. Todd Anderson. Amazing film, killed by the DVD player IN 1996. Only on VHS. Please find this film!!
I saw this movie in the theaters and for free , i knew the Projectionist of the theater. (:
Woo! Thanks for the video Brandon. You made my day.
Predator vs. Swamp Thing........and Go!!!
Swamp Thing is an awesome film and he's one of the coolest characters in comics
"I don’t give a wooden nickel about your genius! You call them off! Arcane? You call them off!" -President Swamp Thing
Don't miss Swamp Thing.
"Rapidly building ass sweat" says internet film reviewer Brandon.
Jennifer Lawrence: "I was the first female action hero!" Adrienne Barbeau: "Hold my notebook!"
This movie looks better through the lens of considering that prior to it, only the first two Superman movies were "good" as far as comic book adaptations went. All other comic-based movies -- which there hadn't even been a lot of yet -- were shit, pretty much. Swamp Thing at least tried to take its source material semi-seriously. Also, this film had NO budget for the type of picture they were trying to make. The producers actually got the character rights and made this movie in an attempt to generate funds enough to produce a Batman movie later on. Which they did -- Mike Uslan was a producer on both Swamp Thing and Tim Burton's '89 Batman.
The link between this film and the Incredible Hulk is more apparent than many realize. In the Incredible Hulk series two part episode "The First", Dick Durock plays the evil Hulk that Lou Ferigno's Hulk does battle with at the end of that two-part episode.