--- title: 'Swamp Thing (1982)' type: 'film' director: 'Wes Craven' released: '1982-01-01' runtime_minutes: 90 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Action' - 'Horror' - 'Adventure' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swamp-thing-1982' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084745/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Swamp Thing (1982) 1982 · PG · 90 min · Drama, Comedy, Action, Horror, Adventure · United States ## Synopsis Swamp Thing is a 1982 American superhero film written and directed by Wes Craven, based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane. Later, he helps a woman named Alice Cable and battles the man responsible for it all, the ruthless Arcane. The film did well on home video and cable and was followed by a sequel, The Return of Swamp Thing, in 1989. ## Credits - **Director:** [Wes Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-craven) - **Screenplay:** [Wes Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-craven), [Len Wein](https://cinepixo.com/people/len-wein), [Bernie Wrightson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-wrightson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Harry Manfredini](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-manfredini) - **Producer:** [Michael Uslan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-uslan), [Benjamin Melniker](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-melniker) ## Cast - [Al Ruban](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ruban) - [Ray Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-wise) as Swamp Thing - [Don Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-knight) - [Louis Jourdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jourdan) as Anton Arcane - [David Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hess) - [Nicholas Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-worth) - [Adrienne Barbeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-barbeau) - [Dick Durock](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-durock) as Swamp Thing ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/swamp-thing-1982 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1810512); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.