Swamp Thing 1982

With a sick family member, a rapacious 6 year old on the lose, two cats under foot and dinner to fix, I sort of crapped out on the "live blogging" yesterday. So without further delay, here are some words on the rest of the films from yesterday

Ok, Swamp Thing is Wes Craven classic from the early 80's and the only film today with the main plant creature occupying the role of good guy, add that to Bruno's transformation into plant creature "Little Bruno" and his help with Swamp Thing and Alice's escape from Arcane's compound, and we have two "good plants". By the end of the film, he is up against the "Arcane Monster"--the BAD plant creature, in high comic book style. So 3 bipedal plants in this one.

Swamp Thing is, of course, based on a popular DC Comic, created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. The movie was filmed in the swamps just outside of Charleston, South Carolina and John's Island (same state). It's funny, I remember someone telling me years ago that part of it was filmed in the Ofeekenokee Swamp in southern Georgia--of interest to me, because I was born there, but alas--it wasn't; can't win 'em all. In the main, it is standard gentle monster sees girl, gentle monster falls in love with girl, and gentle monster saves girl. The tag line encapsulates it well: Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!

This could be one of my most astonishing discoveries to date. Life after death! --Dr. Anton Arcane