![]() ![]() ^ Buchanan, Larry: It Came From Hunger: Confessions of a Cinema Schlockmeister, McFarland & Company, ISBN 078640194X, ISBN 978-0786401949.The Films of Larry Buchanan: A Critical Examination. That’s not to say that it’s any good, just a comment that you can probably sit all the way through it from beginning to end without falling asleep or wanting to gouge your eyes out with your own fingers." Writing for AllMovie, critic Robert Firsching described the film as a "low-budget horror oddity" and a "forgettable trifle will be of interest to genre completists only." Describing Jeff Alexander's performance as "so maniacally over the top that he’s almost fascinating to watch," critic George Reis wrote that the film "defines schlocky cinema as an art form in every way possible - from lousy acting, to shoddy camera set ups, to an array of unintended laughs and a disappointing monster." Legacy Ī Curse of the Swamp Creature mask was one of the last items produced by the famed Don Post Studios before it went out of business in 2012. Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, " Curse of the Swamp Creature is actually one of Z-grade schlockmeister Larry Buchanan’s better movies. #Swamp creature tv#TV Guide gave the film 1/5 stars, calling it " typically silly effort". Reception Ĭurse of the Swamp Creature has received predominantly negative reviews. ![]() The film re-uses Ronald Stein's previous music from both It Conquered the World and Invasion of the Saucer Men. #Swamp creature movie#The movie was filmed in Uncertain, Texas, where the Fly-N-Fish Lodge and Airport seen in early scenes still exists. The hospital gown-clad creature was created using primitive prosthetic make-up and grayish-green body paint rather than the infamously cheap and phony-looking scalloped-scaled rubber wetsuit (with webbed fingers) and fiercely-fanged fish head mask (with painted ping-pong-ball eyes) Buchanan later used in Creature of Destruction and 'It's Alive!'. ( August 2018)ĭespite showing the monster very prominently on the posters of the film, which bill it as an "underwater terror from another age," other than a brief, partial glimpses down into the mist-filled glass tank where its body is being modified from its original human form, the titular creature (with its burly physique, bald head, Spock-like ears and protruding slit-pupiled, ping pong ball-shaped eyes) only appears at the climax of the film for less than five minutes before meeting its demise, and no scenes take place underwater. The Swamp Monster, like much of the minifigures from the Monster Fighters theme, would appear to be based quite closely on designs made by Eurobricks member Toth.This section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards.The Swamp Creature makes a cameo appearance attending the Master Builder meeting in Cloud Cuckoo Land, where he fights for good instead of evil. The Swamp Creature comes from the Cold Sleep Swamp, in the marshlands of the Monster Realms, based off the Gill-man in the movies franchises and TV appearances from: Creature from the Black Lagoon, its two sequels, the The Monster Squad (which the theme Monster Fighters is heavily based off) and the gill-man appearance in The Munsters appearing in one episode as the Munster family's Uncle Gilbert, of which his name is a pun on gills that the creature has. He wears a green mask which has large holes for his eyes, and spines on the left, right, and top. He has a lime green face printed with very large yellow eyes, which take up most of his face, a small red mouth filled with white teeth, and a large black unibrow above his eyes. The back of his torso is printed much the same way, although his spine and ribs are partially visible. His green torso is printed with lime green scales near the bottom, and white scale outlines everywhere else. He has lime green hips also printed with scales. The Swamp Creature has Green legs, printed with lime green scales. ![]()
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