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Overview

• Director – Wes Craven
  
  
• Cast – Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
  
  
• Genre – Horror, Science Fiction
  
  
• Plot – Dr. Alec Holland's plans to better the world with a new plant and animal hybrid go awry when he becomes the subject of his experiment and changes into ... the Swamp Thing.
  

SC Locations

• Filmed entirely in SC, the swamp scenes were shot in Cypress Gardens and Magnolia Plantation.
  
  

Fun Facts:

• Although Wes Craven's cinematic vision of the creature was only a marginal monetary success, it gave DC Comics the confidence to revive the defunct comic series, which in turn led to a 1989 sequel and a television show that aired on the USA cable network in the early 1990's.
  
  

More Resources

• CultTVman's Swamp Thing Page - brief synopsis, includes stills from the movie
  
  
• Toonopedia article on DC Comic's Swamp Thing
  
  

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