Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing, a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...even if it costs him his life.
Wes Craven's campy comic-book adaptation has some fun with its B-movie premise and features genuinely atmospheric swamp cinematography, but the plot is thin and predictable, the acting ranges from serviceable to wooden, and the climax and resolution feel rushed and underwhelming. Its novelty lies in being an early serious attempt at a comic-book superhero film with genuine monster-movie aesthetics, which gives it some distinctiveness, but it doesn't transcend its low-budget origins in most departments.