Swamp Thing (film)

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Swamp Thing
Directed by Wes Craven
Produced by Benjamin Melniker
Michael E. Uslan
Written by Len Wein &
Bernie Wrightson (comic book)
Wes Craven (screenplay)
Starring Louis Jourdan
Adrienne Barbeau
Ray Wise
David Hess
Mimi Craven
Dick Durock
Nicholas Worth
Music by Harry Manfredini
Cinematography Robbie Greenberg
Editing by Richard Bracken
Distributed by Embassy Pictures
Release date(s) February 19, 1982 (USA)
Running time 91 min
Language English
Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)
Followed by The Return of Swamp Thing
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Swamp Thing is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. It starred Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise as the scientist who was transformed into a monster (Swamp Thing) by a laboratory accident. The film was based on the DC Comics character of the same name by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. A latecoming, low-budget sequel entitled The Return of Swamp Thing appeared in 1989.

Filming occurred primarily on location in Charleston, South Carolina, and nearby Johns Island, South Carolina.


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