The Return of Swamp Thing

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Audience Member Unintentionally funny. Kitsch and low-budget. But definitely entertaining. Heather Locklear's first leading role in a feature film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/25 Full Review Melissa M This movie is a B movie for sure. B for bad acting. Be for badly made costumes. Homemade Halloween costumes & even those '80s plastic mask & costumes in a box were better made. Heather Locklear was able to save the ratings for Melrose Place, LAX and even boosted the ratings for the original Dynasty. But even her appearing this film is not enough. A lot of times they show night scenes because it's supposed to make the film more scary. Or they randomly throw in those jump scenes. Or even darken the screen for dramatic effect. In this flick they did all of those things. The movie is unwatchable for enough reasons that's the last thing it needs. Is it good thing those agents were running around with flashlights in the beginning of the film or you wouldn't be able to see anything. The only original thing about this film is that Swamp Thing is one of the good guys & he can talk. He's probably one of the best actors outside of Heather Locklear in this movie. This movie is worth watching once. But once is more than enough. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/29/25 Full Review Laze T just as bad as the first one Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Arwen A Terrible acting. Redeemed by Dick Durock as the Swamp Thing but only because he had the integrity to sit in the makeup chair for hours. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review Lou T Following up the dreadfully boring and generic original, The Return of Swamp Thing takes us back to the swamp and into a very different kind of sequel. Moving away from the poorly handled serious aspects that made the original so boring, the sequel relies more on comedy and, shockingly, they do it really well! Returning as the titular creature, Dick Durock adds a lighter tone and jovial attitude which work much better than the stoic nature of the previous installment. Heather Locklear as Abby Arcane adds a delightfully humorous love interest, equipped with quite a few memorable one-liners. Although Dr. Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan) returns to continue his hunt for Swamp Thing, this still fails to create any original or exciting action, sticking with the lackluster strongman punches of the original. The prosthetics still look cheesy, but have been improved and look much more detailed this time around. While The Return of Swamp Thing is no masterpiece, the team saw what didn't work in the original and put time and effort into creating a truly fun time capsule of campy film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Petros T Adopting a much less serious, more humorous approach than the original, it's more pleasant and appealing, even if the laughs are not always necessarily intentional. The prosthetics are considerably improved, the tradition of the comic relief kid is successfully continued with not one but two kids this time, and the end is sweet. The script remains a rather cliched, predictable, half-baked mess however, and the use of a model for the love scene is an odd choice that negates the whole point of it. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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